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Matching Stones to Builds
I spent some time this weekend building on my skills at working stone. Stone is a lot harder to work than wood. Small pieces for inlays are easy but it gets considerably harder when trying to cut slabs for rosettes.
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Stone Rosettes: I really like the first one with the yellowish tint and would consider that for my build. What type of stone is it?
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That stone is Brecciated Yellow Jasper. It is hard but still workable. I’m going to be stocking up on this one. It’s a favorite of mine too.
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Hi Mark, I really love what you are doing with stone. I live on the west coast and am building a guitar with west coast woods. It will be figured Claro Walnut with a special Redwood top. While I was camping in the coastal redwoods I picked up some petrified redwood. I cut it up into pieces for nuts and bridges. What are your thoughts on using petrified redwood this way?
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If I were going to go for it anyway I’d want to match it up with some very soft sounding tonewoods like a Billy Pine top on some of that Sheoak you have and I’d put it on a large body guitar. If it was still too harsh sounding I’d put Black Diamond coated strings on it or Silk and Steel. Certainly that is using woods that are a little further West than you intended on your current build m
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Such a pleasure playing this little beauty. Mark was one of the first builders who changed my mind about cedar and short scales, this guitar is a perfect example of why. Beautiful mids with great sustain even when fretted and a soulful treble. Omnidirectional bass that doesn't overpower but lays a perfect foundation. If you can, listen with headphones, as the frequency range in this recording doesn't suit smaller speakers. Congrats to the lucky new owner!
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Lucky owner, indeed!
Kudos, Mark, and beautiful playing, Dustin! I'm really digging all the stone work you're doing, Mark--just awesome stuff.
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Great guitar, great demo Dustin. I really liked your rendition of "Close to you". You seem far too young to have even heard of the Carpenters! For all I know, someone recorded it recently.
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Thanks for your comments Tom!
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Yes, coming home next week!! Can’t wait. Dustin has a great touch and gets a beautiful sound out of it…we’ll see what I can create with this beauty!!
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Sweet
Sounds very nice. VERY nice
Way to go. Kudos to all Paul
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Thanks Paul!
Your welcome. I'm sorry I was trying not to rain on your parade but I think you've made a good decision.
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