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Awesome! There are so many interesting builds on here, including this one. I've never encountered a Franklin in the wild, but I'm hopeful that changes one day
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I'm looking forward to following this build. Wonderful looking set of woods. I've seen photos of a guitar or two built with fiddleback Cuban Mahogany (I think one was a Bown).
Cuban Mahogany is a great tonewood. To me, it seems to keep the typical Honduran Mahogany trebles but has a richer and more focused bass. The luthier who built mine said Cuban Mahogany was typically about 15-20% more dense than Honduran Mahogany , and the particular set of Cuban Mahogany I chose was about 20% more dense than typical Cuban Mahogany. Mine was sourced from Brad Goodman, and came from a tree that was downed in St. Thomas by hurricane Hugo.
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Congrats Bob. The Cuban is beautiful. Don’t recall any I’ve seen with that much figure. Gonna be special.
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As so many have commented the Cuban mahogany is beautiful!
But am I the only one here who LOVES the old German Spruce? I really dig the racing stripe down the center, and find it just gorgeous!!! And, I believe more folks should go for tone over looks. To coin a phrase that just occurred to me: Looks are only skin deep but tone goes to your heart!!! And, that is a pleasing plantilla, indeed. Bigger is better IMHO. This will be a KILLER Paul
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That was my view as well...
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Fantastic! I love Nick's work.
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I have a Frog that has this asymmetric streak on the adirondack top. Most purists would raise their nose at it. However, the tone that oozes from this guitar is insane. I'm glad I judged with my ears and not my eyes. |
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As a mahogany connoisseur, I definitely appreciate the radness of that mahogany. Superb stuff.
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Puppy's and pancakes!
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The first time I ever saw Flamed Cuban Mahogany was when John built this guitar for me around 2001. I had to sell it for home repairs. I am currently trying to get it back.
http://www.kinnairdguitars.com/Galle...00Main29e.html |
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Looks like similar stuff...(thanks for sharing)
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Exceptional stuff, Mr. ii–V–I. I'm really excited to see how this one progresses!!
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