Another nice wood from behind my yard

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Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by JJ model » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:35 am

Hi Folks,
Here is another one of those wood that most people discard.... if you can guess.
I'm using it for the Top ,Back & Sides , The bracings are agathis wood.
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by simonm » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:35 am

No idea but it sure has the "wow" factor. Looks great.

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Mark McLean » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:28 am

Stunning Jeffrey. You are knocking out fair dinkum works of art. Is it camphor laurel? If so it would smell amazing as well.
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Jeremy D » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:12 am

Now that is a work of art. That bowl cutaway looks brillient. I bet it is a challenge to execute.
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by lacrombie » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:35 am

That is awesome - what did you finish it with?
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Nick » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:37 am

Packing crate wood (when in plywood form)? Meranti or something. Nice job with whatever wood it is though Jeffery. :cl
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by JJ model » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:24 am

here is a little demo of how the sound like.
Please don't laugh :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r25_O7J ... el&list=UL

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Nick » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:00 am

JJ model wrote:here is a little demo of how the sound like.
Please don't laugh :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r25_O7J ... el&list=UL
Sounds bloody good through my laptop speakers Jeffery, no need for laughter here! Mango is new & up & coming wood on the scene. Bob Cef stocks the stuff so it can't be that junky!
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Post by slowlearner » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:39 am

beautiful guitar. lovely playing.
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Bruce McC » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:05 pm

Hey Jeffery

Nice guitar and your playing is no laughing matter, well done
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Paul B » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:49 pm

I was thinking Camphor laurel too.

What ever it is it looks great.

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Mark McLean » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:52 pm

Does mango wood smell sweet also?
That is an awesome guitar Jeffrey. You are the master builder for this style of instrument.
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by seeaxe » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:47 pm

Jeremy

Thats 20 minutes of my life put to very good use - just watched a few vids of your guitars on you tube, they sound fantastic, even through my crappy PC speakers, so they are probably even more amazing in the flesh. What I really like about your guitars is the bold and completely individual looks and great looking woods you use. Just stunning. Hope to see a few in person one day if I am ever in KL.

I dont know how many people on the forum have seen a really big mango tree, but its an awesome sight. They obviously dont just make good smoothies, they make good guitars too.

Thanks for posting (and I was I could play as well as you too, but I'm working on that.)
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Post by J.F. Custom » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:07 pm

I'm guessing Mango. It certainly looks like that.

***EDIT*** Have just read some of the other replies. Evidently somewhere it actually says it is indeed Mango.

Well, at least my guess was right! :D

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Post by JJ model » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:54 pm

Thanks Folks! at least we won't be having shortage of wood for guitars.
I thing I like the little sourish sound of the mango guitar, maybe it isn't fully ripe yet. 8)
Hope to make a 'rambutan' and 'durian' guitar someday.

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by JJ model » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:01 pm

Here's how she looks like ' full body'
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Post by Paul B » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:27 am

Man, oh man, that's really something else.

Love the head stock shape, you've really got it together on this one.

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Allen » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:47 am

Lovely as always JJ.

Mango is actually quite a common wood for ukuleles. Has been for many years. It's amazing how varied the figure can be as well. There are some absolutely enormous mango trees around Cairns. And much of it's free to anyone willing to haul it away when the mood strikes to take the tree out and put in a swimming pool....or another cyclone comes along.
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by charangohabsburg » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:04 am

Beautiful thing :cl
...and very nice wood!

Are these brass bridge pins? Or just gold? ;)
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by christian » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:55 am

looks and sounds fantastic Jeffery, just goes to show what average wood in a masters hands can produce.
suberb !!! have you tried the agathis as a tonewood too?
i'm with Markus are they brass pins? can't say i've ever tried them.

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by JJ model » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:54 am

Thanks guys! yes, those are brass pins that we made, well calibrated and polished. I can't afford gold pins :(
Agathis is a very good wood, I still have some, very nice golden silky grain figures.

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by charangohabsburg » Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:20 am

Sounds like you have a nice lathe in your shed. 8)
JJ model wrote: I can't afford gold pins :(
Oh well, no reason to be sad, the real treasure grows right "behind your yard"! ;) :D
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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by DarwinStrings » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:16 am

JJ model wrote:Thanks Folks! at least we won't be having shortage of wood for guitars.
I thing I like the little sourish sound of the mango guitar, maybe it isn't fully ripe yet. 8)
Hope to make a 'rambutan' and 'durian' guitar someday.
I Guess if you did not like the "sourish" sound of the under ripe mango then you could always add a little soy Jeffrey.

A Rambutan guitar would be sweet but Durian even with your skill would surely stink

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by JJ model » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:29 am

Thanks Jim, I'll definately try to make the most stinking guitar with the durian wood!
well, fortunately the mango ripen after a few days of sitting on it :-D

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Re: Another nice wood from behind my yard

Post by Tphil » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:01 am

Beautiful Jeremy - building and playing. How am I going to laugh?
Wish we had some of those over my back fence :(

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