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IN CONCERT #2 OM: Benjamin Paldacci Guitars - "The Gentleman"
Well well well... Yes I know, The Indian RW OM is still on the bench but I need to wait 4 days for the dry of the finish, and I hate to do nothing. So, this one is the second guitar I'll made, an OM Sinker Red Cedar From Maurice Roy (AKA Roy Tonewood), and a mastergrade set of Indian Rosewood.
The bracing will be very different, I want to experiment some stuff! Double carbon rod on the sapele neck and an "Ebony-Millefeuille" Rosette/Headstock! It is not an order and this guitar will be on sale. I hope you"ll like it! --------------------------------------------------------- Model: OM Mod Body Size: Auditorium 14-Fret Cutaway Top: Private Stock Sinker Red Cedar Rosette: Ebony "Millefeuille" Top Braces: Salvaged Sitka Spruce/red Cedar Back Material: Mastergrade Indian RW Back-center Purfling: Ebony with White/blac/White Purfling Binding: Black Ebony Neck Material: Sapele perfectly on quarter Nut Material: Bone Faceplate: Millefeuille (same woods than Rosette) Backplate: Solid Black Ebony Fingerboard Material: 1st Grade black ebony Scale Length: 25.34 inches Fret material: Stainless Steel Number Of Frets Clear: 14 Number Of Frets Total: 20 Fretboard radius: 16 inches Fingerboard Binding: Black Ebony Finish: KTM9 Bridge Material: Black Ebony Bridge Style: Custom Design Saddle: Bone Tuning Machines: Gotoh 510 I hope You'll like that thread, thank you for your comments! Last edited by BenjaminPaldacci; 07-17-2014 at 06:24 PM. |
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This build will be followed...oh yes.
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Hahaha! Thank you very much for your interest!
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This looks like nice wood. I will be following this thread.
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I have built about 25 guitars from salvaged Western Red Cedar, and the common thread running through it visually was that it was VERY dark in color, which yours is not. Mine was salvaged from the Salt Water Beaches in British Columbia (by myself in a number of locations) and I have always imagined that the color came from the time in the ocean. So, I am wondering if yours was perhaps sunk in fresh water?
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Ben or Bruce (or other knowledgeable folks), other than the color changes, does the submersion impact the stiffness of "Sinker" wood? Thanks!
Ben, I enjoy following your builds. You are enthusiastic and it's fun to participate. Thank you for sharing!
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I can't see why it would, as a general rule. The redwood in California rivers appears to have picked of some mineral content which I believe accounts for the dark streaking we see in it. In addition it may pick up some weight, not necessarily a good thing. Otherwise it seems just like Redwood to me. I used salvaged Cedar (we didn't say sinker although some of it was indeed waterlogged) mostly because it was unburdened by direct financial cost. Also it was the color of chocolate, for which I have always been a sucker. If anything, it seemed a little softer than some cedar I've seen, on average. But then WRC IS the softest wood I've ever used in guitarmaking. Any of the damage which is easily done to it shows up loud and clear when the finish goes on as even darker, as many of my early guitar will attest.
I do hope to find out what the Cedar in this threads subject guitar was salvaged from. Coastal BC had a heck of a lot of wood washed up on it in the 60's compared to what it does today. I still have some good sized chunks of Yellow Cedar I acquired at that time! I also still have a couple of sets of Red Cedar from those early days! |
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If I'm right, this tree come from the Island of Haida Guai, British Columbia Quote:
By the way, I am happy that you enjoy my work, it is really precious to have advices of people to know if I chosed the right way to walk... so thanks to you! |
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I call that kind of tree a "deadfall". Not as romantic as "sinker" perhaps, but some truly great wood has come from this kind of salvage. I think the famous Redwoods from Craig (?), r.i.p., in California were from Deadfalls. They are named trees, but I have forgotten their names, never having met either the man or the wood.
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The topwood looks to me like your ordinary western red cedar. But it's a great wood anyway.
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Makes sense that it is not "sinker" in that I don't see the mineral striping that is common in Sinker Redwood, but either way, it looks great! And Bruce, thanks for the additional info on the stiffness, or possible lack thereof. Ok Ben, back to work!! We need more progress and more pictures!!!!
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I love the Word "Deadfall", great term for this wood!
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That is really great looking wood Ben. I'm looking forward to watching it come together.
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