Contribution to the tonewood debate - a unique take (Bacci)

[Cato]

There's a luthier I follow on instagram, Cindy Guitars who's usp is using reclaimed wood she's obtained from various old New York buildings.

 

Some of her instruments can look a little 'distressed' and are probably not to everyone's taste, but as far as I'm aware she doesn't claim any mystical tone properties for them.

 

 

https://www.cindyguitars.com/

 

This is an interesting example

 

 

 

https://www.cindyguitars.com/#/hshdh-1/

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Cato

[crazycloud]

There was a guy on one of the luthier's fora (maybe TB?) some time back that had a top made of driftwood that looked similar and I quite liked it. There are plenty of barncasters and FSO style clones that are made of all sorts of old timbers; I have some in the shed that will eventually be made into bodies*.

 

However 7300 squids with a load of bollocks in the marketing type mean I wouldn't go near it, unless it was in a store nearby and I could try it for interest's sake. Might even be good.

 

* Because I like the aesthetic. Oh, and I don't buy into the tonewood thing at all.

[Beedster]

A Badass for the 2020's.......?

 

[W1_Pro]

11 hours ago, Beedster said:

I knew I shouldn't have clicked the link......

 

 

This is surely a joke............?

Deeply Spinal Tap......

[snorkie635]

1 minute ago, W1_Pro said:

Deeply Spinal Tap......

A lot of Spinal Pap more like. 😎

[ezbass]

21 hours ago, bloke_zero said:

 

| Each hole is meticulously cleaned and cleared for maximum acoustic impact.

🤯

Using snake oil of course.  

[three]

12 hours ago, Beedster said:

I knew I shouldn't have clicked the link......

 

 

This is surely a joke............?

Sorry Chris!  My scepticism may be terribly misplaced but I’m struggling with this one