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Old 02-28-2011, 10:44 AM
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Default 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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Old 02-28-2011, 10:48 AM
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Sheesh Bruce. I've seen old Martins that look worse than that.
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Old 02-28-2011, 10:50 AM
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Hideous....get it off my screen now!

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Old 02-28-2011, 10:52 AM
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Bruce,
Jeez, if that's the worst, now how 'bout a picture of your best?

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Old 02-28-2011, 11:01 AM
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Yeeesh! Look at all those wavy grain lines and different colors. Definitely kindling!
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Old 02-28-2011, 11:05 AM
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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..!!

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Old 02-28-2011, 11:14 AM
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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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Old 02-28-2011, 11:25 AM
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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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Old 02-28-2011, 11:25 AM
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Hey Bruce,
That's the most incredible "Worst" Brazilian I've ever seen.
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Old 02-28-2011, 03:30 PM
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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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Old 02-28-2011, 04:07 PM
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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
Yeah, the "high mineral content" as supplied by the OP - mostly the element known as "B.S. US TOO PIECES" - was very evident in that post!

And hey, I'd take that Brazilian any day of the week.
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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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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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Old 02-28-2011, 04:34 PM
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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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Old 02-28-2011, 05:18 PM
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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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