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Thanks Mike, we will both get to try it out at the same time!
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A while back Bruce Petros is credited with getting some redwood to repurpose from a big beam that was used in a railroad tunnel (tunnel number 13) in CA or Oregon. Of course Redwood was used and it was a hundred plus years old. He made a series of guitars from it which were outstanding. As the tunnels were dismantled and rebuilt with steel etc. the redwood beams became available. Tunnel 14 is simply the next one down the line. They are dry and aged and make wonderful tops. Some are stained a lot like this one while some are perfectly clean. There is even a famous train robbery that occurred in tunnel 13 which added to the story. I am sure some of my details are not 100% correct, but pretty close.
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I don’t want to derive from this thread, but for more info on the tunnel redwoods,
take a look at this post (#102) in a Hatcher Greta buildthread a while back where such wood was used... https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...&postcount=102 ..it contains some more info. Last edited by Lonzo; 08-06-2022 at 04:01 PM. |
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opps double post
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I don't suppose the robbery was this one ??
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Yeah, I don't think that was the one lol.
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