Tasmanian Tonewoods

[woodturner777]

New Basses on the way.
Builds by Alan Cringean AC Guitars.
Tasmanian Blackwood -
Mountain Ash Burl - Macrocarpa.
Cheers, Bob
Photo 3 Macrocarpa

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[woodturner777]

Photos side 1 & side 2 Tasmanian Myrtle burl.
Wiped with mineral spirit to show colour.
Cheers, Bob

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[woodturner777]

More photos of Tasmanian tonewood resawn in the past week.
Cheers, Bob

Tasmanian highly figured fiddleback blackwood suitable for carve tops.
Tasmanian quilted myrtle acoustic back & side sets.
Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood acoustic back & side sets.
Tasmanian blackhearted sassafras acoustic back & side sets.

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[woodturner777]

Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood new build by Chris Larkin one of my customers in Ireland, small world I sent the blackwood from Tasmania to Ireland finished guitar was sent to Spain this week.


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[woodturner777]

Attached Photos Tasmanian myrtle burl drop tops.
Cheers, Bob
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[woodturner777]

New build by Bryan Rourke U.S.A.
Tasmanian Fiddleback myrtle back & sides with spalting in the centre, Tasmanian myrtle neck, myrtle burl rosette. Huon pine soundboard also Huon pine used for guitar brazing.
Customer enjoyed working with huon pine so now wants another soundboard for his next build.
His comments on huon pine the sound is superb it is very clear, with tremendous separation between the notes it needs to be played in a bit like spruce before the deeper notes come out, but it is even and bright already he also finds the bearclaw figure in this top special.
Regards, Bob


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[peterbrown]

I have to say that back and sides are something else. I have never seen anything quite as 3d as that.

Peter

[woodturner777]

Here is a taste of another build recently finished by Stu, Bluestone custom guitars.
Stu tells me he is flat out lately and does not get time to post with working at his day job plus flat out building guitars when he is at home.
So I will post a few build photos to give you all a taste and hopefully Stu will explain the build.
Photos are posted with Stu approval,
Regards, Bob

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[stevemc32]

Wow.

[floody_85]

I followed this one closely on Stus site. Beautiful 6 string bass.
Top job as always Stu

[Groundhangers]

Wow, that sucker is remarkable. Nice vision Stu!

[woodturner777]

Long john weather today in tropical Tasmanian, so in between moving rocks to keep warm plus keeping the wife happy, I did a little bit of quick resawing.
All drop tops highly figured Tasmanian Blackwood, Cheers Bob


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[woodturner777]

Tasmanian blackhearted sassafras all book matched sets 15 mm thickness suitable for carve tops.
Regards, Bob
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[woodturner777]

More photos.
Both sides of highly figured compression blackwood solid body blank this is on its way to France next week Exhibition grade billet to be built into a guitar for an exhibition in Germany.
next photos myrtle drop tops.
Last photo musk burl this one I will keep for myself.
Cheers, Bob

[springwater]

Last photo musk burl this one I will keep for myself.

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