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Our worst Brazilian Rosewood
Early in our relationship, Eric Schoenberg and I pooled our resources to buy a few sets of the Stumpwood at that time just coming onto the market. This wood was all hand picked by myself and I spent a good many hours going through the piles of wood at Allied Lutherie. My ideas about what is good wood are pretty high falutin', and it's always a compromise between the ideal and what is actually sitting in front of me, so not all the wood is what I'd call perfect. In fact, none is, but that's life. ERic and I generally reserve the very best of what we have for actual commissioned pieces, and I choose to use the worst of it for my average speculative build, one of which I am getting underway this week. This one is going to be a 00 sized 14 fret long scale cutaway. A smaller sized Shoenberg Soloist, which is what Eric called his OM derived model. I like to call this an 00M, but in my nomenclature it is technically an ES-14-C.
I warned Eric that I was using the worst piece of Brazilian we owned, but he is aware of my standards so didn't seem too perturbed. Here's a picture of it: |
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Sheesh Bruce. I've seen old Martins that look worse than that.
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Martin Lane / Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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Hideous....get it off my screen now!
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Bruce,
Jeez, if that's the worst, now how 'bout a picture of your best? Tom |
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Yeeesh! Look at all those wavy grain lines and different colors. Definitely kindling!
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Joe White ( o)===::: |
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Good golly miss molly...a Sexauer built Schoenberg 14 fret Brazilian 00 cutaway soloist...
Fuhgeddabouddit...!! I saw Bruce's Brazilian stash and he told me how he got it and how he picked it... If this 00 isn't sold before it even gets to Eric's showroom floor I'll be amazed..!! You go Bruce..!! LC |
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The best was recently shown in my Feb 18 thread, and near best in the 45 thread.
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That is an abomination, and I demand you send it to me for proper "disposal" immediately after you finish constructing it.
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Hey Bruce,
That's the most incredible "Worst" Brazilian I've ever seen. |
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Bruce is still annoyed from the petrified wood thread, so now he is bull****ting everyone.
However, as you know, when I picked the wood for my Olson, I was going down your road. This was the choice: I guess it is easy to see similarities between the right one and Bruce's "worst", but I followed his rules and chose the left. Not perfect, but close |
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And hey, I'd take that Brazilian any day of the week.
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Will |
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As a person always concerned about the financial well being of small businesses, I may just take that off of your hands, for the love of country and all.
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Goodall CJ german/walnut Bourgeois OM-150 adirondack/brazilian Froggy Bottom H12 adirondack/mahogany Beneteau 0-12 cedar/sapele |
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Save yourself the embarrassment. I'll make it my crowned 4th build and give ya some great AAAA Calamari Maple for it. Something you can be proud of. Have you picked out an overcoat to use to hide it while you sell the thing?
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Bruce, since you say it's less than perfect, I think I can kind of see why, do the waves in the grain subtract from the stability of the wood? Or is it something inherently different in the wood that we can't see that subtracts from it's quality?
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I get the exclusivity/rarity of straight grained, quarter sawn Brazilian. I'd be interested in hearing what folks think about whether it makes a difference tonally.
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