I have to agree. I built 2 Telecasters with Paulownia wood and they are both super lightweight at just under 6 lbs each. They also sound great. I had a Squier 50's Classic vibe Tele also, but I sold it. I never played it because it weighed over 9 lbs and I just never picked it up. It also didn't sound anywhere near as good.
Very misleading. Martin Guitars make high end acoustics. This guy needs to differentiate his name from C. F. Martin who has been around for well over 100 years.
yeah but look at the clear coated body... where the bridge screws and strap screws go in, they drilled out and installed hardwood dowels to prevent tearout... problem solved. paulownia is swamp ash on a diet... if you want to find a ultra light swamp ash nowadays you're gonna pay premium prices, check out guitar mill for example... and it can be just as soft too. if you put a hard finish on it, you shouldn't have a problem... very soon all we will have is heavy ash and thats no fun. paulownia and pine are going to be more common guitar body wood.
Ive read that Paulownia is fine except that it is recommended to have a harder wood such as Maple inset into where bridge screws or posts are anchored into the body to prevent wear and tear damage at stress points (if Paulownia were to be used)
@@jmacc9876 that too... Any reinforcement woods would be better, but i doubt some midtier brands are willing to do that. They're more likely to just build the thing in one piece. I've seen a lot of cheap guitars snap right in that neck mounting area 😂 mostly our school's choir guitars. I don't know the wood used in most of them, but i assume they're soft woods too. I never really use them, i bring my own but whenever i do touch them, they seemed a little bit too light 😂 Such a shame too since their pickups seemed good 😂 Add the fact that they use heavy ass strings to avoid fret buzz 😂
I love this. I just began using paulownia for my builds. I love that's its a fast renewable source. Very excited to be using it. Thanks.
I have to agree. I built 2 Telecasters with Paulownia wood and they are both super lightweight at just under 6 lbs each. They also sound great. I had a Squier 50's Classic vibe Tele also, but I sold it. I never played it because it weighed over 9 lbs and I just never picked it up. It also didn't sound anywhere near as good.
sad we could not hear it a second
How about play it
Very misleading. Martin Guitars make high end acoustics. This guy needs to differentiate his name from C. F. Martin who has been around for well over 100 years.
It's Mario guitars (not Martin) this is just an unintentional error by the maker of this video.
Not Martin Guitars. This guy's name just happens to be Martin. Not gonna watch it as I feel misled by the title.
The problem is that wood is too soft... Might even be softer than basswood...
Define too soft that was not very quantitative or descriptive. You know why I'm calling you out because I'm too smart for you
yeah but look at the clear coated body... where the bridge screws and strap screws go in, they drilled out and installed hardwood dowels to prevent tearout... problem solved. paulownia is swamp ash on a diet... if you want to find a ultra light swamp ash nowadays you're gonna pay premium prices, check out guitar mill for example... and it can be just as soft too. if you put a hard finish on it, you shouldn't have a problem... very soon all we will have is heavy ash and thats no fun. paulownia and pine are going to be more common guitar body wood.
Ive read that Paulownia is fine except that it is recommended to have a harder wood such as Maple inset into where bridge screws or posts are anchored into the body to prevent wear and tear damage at stress points (if Paulownia were to be used)
@@jmacc9876 that too... Any reinforcement woods would be better, but i doubt some midtier brands are willing to do that.
They're more likely to just build the thing in one piece.
I've seen a lot of cheap guitars snap right in that neck mounting area 😂 mostly our school's choir guitars.
I don't know the wood used in most of them, but i assume they're soft woods too.
I never really use them, i bring my own but whenever i do touch them, they seemed a little bit too light 😂
Such a shame too since their pickups seemed good 😂
Add the fact that they use heavy ass strings to avoid fret buzz 😂
Guys you didn't do yourselves any favors with this. Visually it's fine. It's the narrator, music, and stilted text that really make it uncharismatic,
Christ this constant background music is awful and round this whole video!