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Originally Posted by Jack Orion
forgive my ignorance, but are people suggesting the tone is better because it's been struck by lightning?
Or is it illegal to go and chop a redwood down, therefore lightning casulty is the only way to get it?
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The "lightning strike" is hype. All the trees Craig and Alicia "harvested" were blow downs from various N.California storms in the last century. Some trees were estimated to have been down more than 20 years at the time they were cut into billets and hauled out by manpower. No machines aided in the rescue of this wood from the forest, just Craig, Alicia and friends strong backs! The nice thing about the trees is they fell across ravines, depressions, etc that kept much of the trunk off the ground so natural drying/curing was not compromised by wet earth contact or forest fungi.
It's a great legacy to have saved that wood for instrument builders and all who build with it owe a debt of gratitude to the Carters.