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Build Thread: Kraut OM, Euro Spruce and Brazilian RW
I kept coming back to play Ray's guitars over and over at Healdsburg, mostly the Modified Dreadnought, but also Larry's OM. Because Ray's guitars have such a unique and girthy tone, I'm really excited to supplement my punchy/projecting Baranik with this sound. Specs will most certainly evolve after I receive my Modified Dread, but I'm tossing around a lot of ideas now
Top: Spruce of some type most likely, possibly something else Back/Sides: Brazilian Rosewood Cutaway: Yes Scale length: Possibly 25" standard, possibly fan fret with 25.00" in the treble and 25.75" in the bass Special features: Manzer wedge, sound port Edit: After seeing the woods firsthand and tapping a small handful with Ray, we decided on the following Brazilian Rosewood set for the back and sides. It came down to my belief that I will get a slightly more crystalline/sparkly sound from the Brazilian and I liked the interesting features of this particular set.
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Thanks for posting, Juston - I'll be watching with keen interest!
Phil (oh, and how observant am I? I missed the PP and BD in the title until after I posted! Saw your name and Kraut OM and ignored the rest... too funny... As always I will enjoy your build thread.) |
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Juston, you had me at "Pine". "Driftwood" set the hook.
Now what's this nonsense about rosewood and spruce? Bahh! Steve |
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Hi Juston,
I'm looking forward to seeing this progress. Please update regularly. I have just ordered a wenge modified dread from Ray. I can't wait to see how that sounds.
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Both of those EIR sets look fantastic. It's all too easy to forget what a superb wood good ole EIR is.
Looking forward to seeing this one develop also. cheers, Steve |
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One of my favousrite guitars is an EIR and Sitka M built by David Oddy. It's the first custom guitar I ever had built and I still love it.
Looks like a very interesting build. I've only played one of Ray's guitars (an OM in EIR/Sitka). I liked it very much.
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Is the Ponderosa/Driftwood OM a seperate project from this one?
The original post wasn't on 4/1, so I can't imagine I'm the only one who's curious.
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Here's Your Sign
As Bill Engvall says, "Here's your sign."
Todd, I apologize ahead of time. I'm sure my reply will get deleted/edited, but I just couldn't resist. |
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We're still waiting on our contacts in Belgium to retrieve the right piece of driftwood. Nothing usable has washed ashore yet.
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Unfortunately, it appears that Ponderosa Pine and Belgian Driftwood are likely to be completely impractical from a large variety of standpoints ranging from availability to structural integrity and suitability as tonewoods.
The wood choices, in all seriousness, are still up in the air. I really like the set of East Indian Rosewood pictured above, and I have asked Ray to set this wood aside. However, many of the choices for this OM are likely to take shape after I receive my current modified dreadnought build. I will likely use this guitar as an important point of reference for everything from scale length (and whether or not I want another multi-scale guitar) to wood choice and ornamentation.
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I was trying to figure out what the heck belgian driftwood was.
I'm assuming that was the top & back & the sides were pine. Sounded like a risky thing to do on an $8000 guitar if you're concerned about structural integrity.
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It's meant to be a joke...
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Wow, I'm more gullible than I thought.
I was looking forward to seeing a piece of 5a driftwood.
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