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To my ears - it gives a guitar a very much older, lush, warm woody sound. Think of the difference between a brand new Martin D18 and a 1940's D18. That's where Oak lands.
To me - it's about the perfect wood on a parlor guitar because it's more warm and less chimey/boxy than your garden variety woods like rosewood or maple. Thanks |
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Bro such an elegant lead in to the oak guitar thread. I read just yesterday that the brown color is caused by a fungus that stains the wood more or less uniformly with a brown color that cannot be duplicated with stain. (Though I am not convinced that Tony couldn't get very close)
That's going to be a pretty guitar. I want some of that wood, but I think it's all gone.
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Ok, back to work. Filling in the rest of that channel finished the inlay. By the way, either side of the center strip is a swipe of shellac protecting the raw wood from glue:
And here is the back, center seam completed. Inlay has been scraped flush with the back, and a coat of shellac applied to give an idea of finished appearance: Thanks for watching, Steve |
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Hi Steve,
This is looking great, I can't wait to get it to TAMCO. I love that centre inlay.
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First, thanks for the compliment. As stated, these marquetry designs are lots of fun, and one is in no way limited to what the supply houses offer. All one needs is t-i-m-e. Pores: just about the same. This English "Brown" Oak is actually a white oak that has been overcome by a fungus. That to say the wood structure itself is nearly identical to one of our oaks. But wait till you see the Brown Oak burl we're using for accent pieces. Structure gone ballistic! Steve |
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This one definitely has me interested. I despaired when Haans Brentup stoppped building his beautiful oak-bodied guitars with the Larson aesthetic. It's wonderful to see this style re-emerge ... Kudos!! ... beautiful wood!
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Steve ...I may have missed it ... are you going with a stain for the oak (Haans used to stain his dark), or, a more natural finish? IMO, that top has fantastic character and would show beautifully as is .. or .. close to ...
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Not to everyone's taste, but certainly interesting and very well built items (and highly sought after).
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