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Old 07-27-2012, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeCharter View Post
The Tree has the reputation of breaking when it's bent.
But not all luthiers agree on this -- and I don't think any luthier has built enough guitars with the Tree to make a really fair assessment.
that figures Joe, I have 'tried my hand' at bending some well figured timber and thought that with the delicacy / rarity of this particular material it would make sense to laminate it - since it has no imperceptible effect on the overall sound of the instrument - playing safe in other words