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what's the guitar? awesome looking. the playing is second to none too

What if i dye bubinga top?

Adrian Lucas uses DF in many of his fabulous guitars.

Exquisite guitar and tone. What a treat to hear Katie play it.

a beautiful guitar! Katie is a fantastic musician!

Katie has honed her talent to the highest level. Thanks so much for sharing this. R.

Stunning guitar, brilliant performance.

I miss African Blackwood

Explanation at the end of how the neck & bridge influences the sound was great. I had heard that before in relation to the bridge but didn’t realise the neck would affect how the whole instrument would vibrate and potentially drain the energy the guitar needs to generate sound. I can bore people down the pub now with these facts. “Hey lads…” 🤓

I am assuming it was naturalized to use as a tone wood? If it isnt edible, whats the point otherwise?

Magnificent dry, woody sound; powerful too!

Beautiful, thanks!

That flat board with sandpaper! Of course! OMG, so simple and obvious once one sees it!

What led you to naming it "Lady Triệu"? Is it after the historical figure or the gin brand?

Link? Brand? Interesting marketing technique.

Hey, the guitar and the pieces sound incredible! Are these full recordings for these pieces available anywhere to watch?

So Beautiful Voice & Excellent Guitar playing

One of my favorite players at CAAS years ago. Would be great if he could make it again sometime.

What do you think about a koa top paired with cocobolo back and sides?

I think maple bodied acoustic guitars are good birch is very underrated too

Did you ever listen to the tones of the Martin SuperD? Many say the Guat RW sounds awesome. So difficult to pull the trigger in it.

Did you ever listen to the tones of the Martin SuperD? Many say the Guat RW sounds awesome. So difficult to pull the trigger in it.

SuperD

any comments or experience about using the light coloured sap in the middle? Or would you mostly leave it out?

Beautiful grain, I would love to know what the "Magic Spray" is... water, naphtha?

Brazilian rosewood is the best wood that you can buy for guitars.. nothing can beat Brazilian rosewood.. I have 3 guitars made of Brazilian rosewood and I can say they are incredible sound.. I say that they easily worth like 5000 euros..

Enjoyed that very much Tom. Useful tips to boot :) And yes 'organic' is the word. CNC built guitars to me just don't feel right - 'sterile' Some lucky person will love playing that I am sure. Well done fellow. John.

If that fretless bit of the fingerboard that goes over the regular frets is detachable that's really cool. It's cool to begin with, but the idea of being able to just clip on an accessory to make some or all of a regular fretboard into a fretless instrument is really inspiring. I don't think that you could change it in the middle of a gig, but it's a really cool idea that would make fretless instruments much more accessible, as well as permitting the use of modes that fall outside of 12tet (for instance, you could authentically recreate melodies and chord voicings from Arab musical traditions that are currently not available on western instruments)

Eww not a tobu song

I think it would be more interesting if you did the listen test without knowing what the configuration is. I wonder if your observations would be the same.

I want the Canna! Where can I order one? Seriously.

Visually my favourite tone wood. Brite, but not too Brite sound. Real nice sets are hard to find.

This is Tasmanian (Australian) blackwood not african blackwood. It is a species of acacia just like KOA, it is considered the ancestral species of KOA. Low frequencies sound better on australian blackood.

Just a most beautiful song - love this!

I wish we could share some knowledge some day, some video. I’ve been nerdy about tone woods for 30 years and it’s rare to find a fellow nerd. Can we talk about torrefied tops? I know the real deal story about how we approach tops, bracing, and historic features. It’s no secret!

I wish we could share some knowledge some day, some video. I’ve been nerdy about tone woods for 30 years and it’s rare to find a fellow nerd. Let’s tawk…

I had the opportunity to examine a pile of Sinker redwood tops aside of Adirondack AAA spruce tops. We started tapping tops and we all looked at each other with smiles. The redwood was just so responsive in every way. Hands down, redwood really surprised me.

Yes, it absolutely means EVERYTHING!

That reverberation seems like it might be interesting on a large standup bass.

Thanks Tom always great to pick up new tricks😊

Thoughts on the "Sunken" Redwood? vs normal redwood?

I just got a PRS Private Stock electric with a 2-piece Macassar and OMG... it's beyond amazing to look at.... and 2 piece is apparently a big deal since they usually do 3-4 piece.

fascinating video, lovely sets of wood, i seen some of the prices of them builds you shown 18k etc i guess that a taylor or martin are using cheap versions of these woods ? and also the fact the guitars you guys are building are all hand crafted an that also incrreaes the price a lot or are the woods taylor and martin use the same quality ?

brilliant video

The problem I've noticed in larger string instruments is the tendency for DF to split.

what do you think about knots on b&s tonewoods?

The Mear and Gray OM28 is £4250... that's $5,434.60! What's the incentive for a player to purchase them if Martin's are less costly, more readily available and sound just as good?

Anything hand built like this deserves a very high price tag. I hope you get tens of thousands of dollars for it my friend.

Hi Tom, you amazed me with this wood. Ive never heard or seen this one and I heard what you were tapping. Baroni was my favorite substitute for Brazilian. If you look at the pore structure it’s almost identical to Brazilian. MJS

My gibson lespaul smartwood guitar has this on my fretboards