Danke sun. Gracias. Thank you for showing these amazing hardwoods and their natural beauty "imperfections" I am definitively going to research my next Bass Guitar in one of those exotic Woods. The one with the pine dots was just delightful
Purple Heart isn't too common, although it's out there. Because of that it can be expensive. It's difficult to work with from a woodworking standpoint because it's dense as hell but what ever is made from it is beautiful because of that unique color. I still have some stock though I'm not sure what I'll be able to use it for because of the dimensions.
Another "case-in-point": one of the major "guitar woods" (especially necks/fingerboards) is "hard maple" (Acer Saccharum), which, as a wood, has a "medium movement rating", meaning it is not intrinsically very stable, especially when confronted with humidity changes, which is the bain of all wood products, especially instruments. Re drying, two things are critical: 1. wood that is cut from a tree, that contains inherent, internal tension, will not be remedied via drying, whether "kiln" or "air" (this is why only certain sections of the tree [typically the "bole", or main stem] are utilized for lumber products) 2. the most common drying degrade is "case-hardening", where tension is introduced into wood, while it is being dried; granted, this degrade is more potentially prone to occur in kiln-dried lumber, yet great strides have been made over the years to mitigate this problem, by the lumber industry. Note that drying-induced tensions are not water-related; i.e. wood with warp causing tension cannot be remedied by further attempts to "dry it out"...illustrate this for yourself, by holding your fingers together in front of your chest, and pulling your arms to the sides; though your arms remain motionless, the tension is there, nonetheless; release one hand, the other goes flying..thus, when "kiln" or "air-dried" tension wood is machined, it will warp, when it's dimensions are altered via the machining...depending upon amount of distortion, and use of component (i.e. guitar body vs. neck), the wood might have to be discarded...
IChoseTheRedPill, from a woodworking standpoint you also should of said that water isn't really best suited for allowing you to see all of the little nuances that give the wood its character. As a woodworker myself, I prefer to use alcohol based products like naphtha or mineral spirits to see what a particular wood grain will look like when finished.
"Wood mythology" is common, but almost not more so, than in discussions re "guitar woods": 1. different cuts of one species of wood do not make "20 species" from one species; "hard maple" (Acer Saccharum) is one species, that produces plain, flat and quartered wood/veneer; it also produces "curly", "birds-eye", "burl", and sometimes "quilted" (most of the "quilted maple" used in guitars, however, comes from Acer Macrophylum, the "big-leaf" maple of the West Coast). 2. the "air-dried vs. kiln-dried" debate is loaded with mis-information and outright b.s., especially by some in the instrument-manufacturing community; case in point, virtually ALL the "classic" guitars from bygone eras (i.e. Fender, Gibson, etc.) were constructed, almost 100%, with kiln-dried lumber; also, however way the wood is dried (air or kiln), once it is "dry" (i.e. down to, say, between 5-12% moisture content, depending on environment) it is DRY; the magical, mythical change that happens to wood that has "seasoned" for x-years/decades, is largely myth (having said that, there is certainly no doubt, re the change that happens to wood, in time, AFTER it has been made into a guitar)...3. "purpleheart" wood is lumbered from 20 + species in the Peltogyne genus (central/south America); it is fairly common, and inexpensive, despite it's exotic appearance. 4. re Brazilian Rosewood, the most desirable material, visually, comes from older declining trees, which feature more of the black lines/spider-webbing; juvenile trees are more plain in appearance, hence the debacle re this species, as only large, older trees are desirable, making "tree-farming" impractical...
Those woods are incredibly beautiful ! Nature's ART 🤩
Danke sun. Gracias. Thank you for showing these amazing hardwoods and their natural beauty "imperfections" I am definitively going to research my next Bass Guitar in one of those exotic Woods. The one with the pine dots was just delightful
Purple Heart isn't too common, although it's out there. Because of that it can be expensive. It's difficult to work with from a woodworking standpoint because it's dense as hell but what ever is made from it is beautiful because of that unique color. I still have some stock though I'm not sure what I'll be able to use it for because of the dimensions.
Another "case-in-point": one of the major "guitar woods" (especially necks/fingerboards) is "hard maple" (Acer Saccharum), which, as a wood, has a "medium movement rating", meaning it is not intrinsically very stable, especially when confronted with humidity changes, which is the bain of all wood products, especially instruments. Re drying, two things are critical: 1. wood that is cut from a tree, that contains inherent, internal tension, will not be remedied via drying, whether "kiln" or "air" (this is why only certain sections of the tree [typically the "bole", or main stem] are utilized for lumber products) 2. the most common drying degrade is "case-hardening", where tension is introduced into wood, while it is being dried; granted, this degrade is more potentially prone to occur in kiln-dried lumber, yet great strides have been made over the years to mitigate this problem, by the lumber industry. Note that drying-induced tensions are not water-related; i.e. wood with warp causing tension cannot be remedied by further attempts to "dry it out"...illustrate this for yourself, by holding your fingers together in front of your chest, and pulling your arms to the sides; though your arms remain motionless, the tension is there, nonetheless; release one hand, the other goes flying..thus, when "kiln" or "air-dried" tension wood is machined, it will warp, when it's dimensions are altered via the machining...depending upon amount of distortion, and use of component (i.e. guitar body vs. neck), the wood might have to be discarded...
Amazing!! I want a bass made of each, dare to dream!
+Andy Irvine Like mix everything up and make fiberboard out of them?
Not what you meant? :-D :-D
Wood from indonesia, wood is what it's called,, I'm from indonesia ,,
AWESOME!
IChoseTheRedPill, from a woodworking standpoint you also should of said that water isn't really best suited for allowing you to see all of the little nuances that give the wood its character. As a woodworker myself, I prefer to use alcohol based products like naphtha or mineral spirits to see what a particular wood grain will look like when finished.
"Wood mythology" is common, but almost not more so, than in discussions re "guitar woods": 1. different cuts of one species of wood do not make "20 species" from one species; "hard maple" (Acer Saccharum) is one species, that produces plain, flat and quartered wood/veneer; it also produces "curly", "birds-eye", "burl", and sometimes "quilted" (most of the "quilted maple" used in guitars, however, comes from Acer Macrophylum, the "big-leaf" maple of the West Coast). 2. the "air-dried vs. kiln-dried" debate is loaded with mis-information and outright b.s., especially by some in the instrument-manufacturing community; case in point, virtually ALL the "classic" guitars from bygone eras (i.e. Fender, Gibson, etc.) were constructed, almost 100%, with kiln-dried lumber; also, however way the wood is dried (air or kiln), once it is "dry" (i.e. down to, say, between 5-12% moisture content, depending on environment) it is DRY; the magical, mythical change that happens to wood that has "seasoned" for x-years/decades, is largely myth (having said that, there is certainly no doubt, re the change that happens to wood, in time, AFTER it has been made into a guitar)...3. "purpleheart" wood is lumbered from 20 + species in the Peltogyne genus (central/south America); it is fairly common, and inexpensive, despite it's exotic appearance. 4. re Brazilian Rosewood, the most desirable material, visually, comes from older declining trees, which feature more of the black lines/spider-webbing; juvenile trees are more plain in appearance, hence the debacle re this species, as only large, older trees are desirable, making "tree-farming" impractical...
hehehe....wood....
That filthy water is magic
Random question, what is the intro music?
search for a warwick video with tm stevens there
I want all!))) Art of nature! And i'ts Warwick!!!
kayune apik apik boss.....
Gimme pls.
Me and my dad and my uncle are going to make a bass guitar, i want all the burled woods for a top.
Me:who is the price ?
Warwick: 10000000000
These woods is Like rolls royce
buckeye burl....oh yes
Growing defect? Just in your hair