Plywood blues?

[LPCollector]

Oh, BTW......

There is a place right here in Portland where you can go see for yourself:

MADEIRA, Premium Brazilian Rosewood & other exotic tonewood for guitars.

I have gone and tap tested some of their stuff.....there are two boards there that would change your mind....if it were open, that is!
No Unicorns or magic, just me with a Xylophone mallet and some wood!

[BillB1960]

Originally Posted by LPCollector

Oh, so the sounds in the PRS video were subjective and mythical?

The mythical part is to call BS without ANY backing of your beliefs.

Show us, then:
Grab your favorite wood, a video camera and start tapping on it...post it to YouTube for us will ya?

Here is another cool video of tapping on Brazilian and Kingwood.
It convinced me that there are other options for fingerboard wood choices, however if you will take a look and listen to this
video you might see that the best Braz outrang the others, IMO.

Brazilian Kingwood vs Brazilian Rosewood Tonal Tap Test. - YouTube

All Braz is not the be-all, end-all.....but when a piece is great, there is nothing better!

All I'm saying is that I want to hear that same piece of wood after it's been turned into a fretboard.

Paul Reed Smith can babble all he wants about BRW and how it affects electric guitars but there's another guy you may have heard of who makes acoustic guitars and he put his money where his mouth is. He went out and pulled a shipping pallet out of a stack from behind the shop and made a dynamite acoustic guitar out of it.

Cupboards Kitchen and Bath: The Taylor Pallet Guitar - A REAL Use for Recycled Pallets!

Skip to 1:40 to hear it, if your mind is open enough that is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4wxutbs8ZU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4wxutbs8ZU

[LPCollector]

Impressive indeed!!!!!!!

Tho, I am a little lost on it's pertainance?
Can cheap wood sound good.......admittedly, yes.

It's my contention that the absolute best wood of any sort, when tap tested against some of the absolute best Braz (or Kingwood, too) will pale by audible comparisson.

Just sayin' that a guitars tone is a "Sum of the whole" scenario. (wether acoustic or electric)

[KenG]

I'm not willing to pay a premium and carry around paperwork to certify my Braz board is ön the level to avoid seizure by some police wannabe customs official.

[BillB1960]

Originally Posted by LPCollector

Impressive indeed!!!!!!!

Tho, I am a little lost on it's pertainance?
Can cheap wood sound good.......admittedly, yes.

It's my contention that the absolute best wood of any sort, when tap tested against some of the absolute best Braz (or Kingwood, too) will pale by audible comparisson.

Just sayin' that a guitars tone is a "Sum of the whole" scenario. (wether acoustic or electric)

The pertinence is that according to Bob Taylor the wood is but a tiny part of the equation. Design and construction are what makes a guitar sound good. This of course is even more critical in an acoustic where the only thing making noise is the combination of wood and strings. No electric impluses to "muddy the water" so to speak.

[7gtop]

Originally Posted by LPCollector

Bill, Bill....Bill,

If you start with something that sounds that good, the finished product will always sound better.
Naysayers will always quantify, everything.
For me, I want my fingerboard wood to start off sounding THAT good...cause the finished product has a higher likley-hood of being better.

But, to each their own!

.........


I don't believe I've ever heard " I T " stated better
than that LPC .
No matter the query ....... Just Logic >'

[huffdaddy]

Originally Posted by LPCollector

I'll PayPal you 15 bucks right now if you are willing to send it!

Yeah, but (as the blond said)......"That's 15 brazillion dollars !!!

[LauriPaul]

Originally Posted by huffdaddy

Yeah, but (as the blond said)......"That's 15 brazillion dollars !!!

I don't know if that was a attempt to offend me or my country currency, but you sure have missed your shot if so.

[jimmyq]

Originally Posted by LauriPaul

I don't know if that was a attempt to offend me or my country currency, but you sure have missed your shot if so.

Relax, it's a reference to a joke;

2 Brazilian - Joke

Or, in another version;

Bush Brazilian Joke - Bush Brazilian Soldiers Joke


No need for moral indignation here.

[onegoodtrick]

Originally Posted by LauriPaul

I don't know if that was a attempt to offend me or my country currency, but you sure have missed your shot if so.

I believe he was just making reference to the old "blonde" jokes that went around up here a number of years back.Don't know if they made it down that way.

I'm just writing this to say good show for standing up for your country and your place in it.I feel that way about my country,America.There is a geographic location refered to as the United States where many people reside,and then there's America where Americans reside.They both have the same Lat/Long,difference lies in the heart.Me thinks you got heart there son.Good for you.

[huffdaddy]

Originally Posted by LauriPaul

I don't know if that was a attempt to offend me or my country currency, but you sure have missed your shot if so.

Whoa ! Was just a (poor) attempt to bring a little levity into this whole "plywood" debate. A little play on words : bazillion, meaning a ridiculous amount, and Brazilian.....ah, nevermind !

Please, accept my apology LauriPaul. It wasn't meant to be an insult to you or your country in any way. I am an ass and will shut up now !

[LauriPaul]

No offence taken! =)