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  Indian Laurel vs Rosewood – Is Laurel A Good Guitar Tonewood?

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  I’d say Indian Laurel is as close to Rosewood as possible tonally, without being Rosewood itself.

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  August Newsletter 0820 Issue 002

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  Newsletter for our fans

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  T. Chowdiah: The Man Behind the Seven Stringed Violin

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  As a 12-year-old when T. Chowdiah once accompanied a popular vidwan at a concert in Mysore, he was embarrassed about his bow slipping into a fleeting phrase of apaswaras (wrong notes)....

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  Radial Rosettes: Building the Radial Rosette Maker

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  Whether following plans from a kit or building from scratch, the rosette is an opportunity for the luthier to be creative and flaunt their?artistic skills. A?rosette pattern designed with artistic discernment and then executed with the utmost precision is the envy of instrument makers everywhere. So what is a?radial?rosette, you say?

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  Installing Binding with Side Purfling on Guitar No. 56

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  I’ve attached a thin maple strip to the edge of my ebony binding strips and now I’m cutting the binding channels, and addressing the miters between the florentine cutaway tip and the end seam.

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  Sapele vs Mahogany: A Comprehensive Review

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  Sapele vs Mahogany: A Comprehensive Review I use a lot of Sapele here in the shop! I talk about my experiences and those of my students with using Sapele including how it bends, how it carves, the aesthetics, and it’s mechanical properties. Want more of this? Subscribe below for Weekly Guitar Making Tips from [...]

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  Borneo Kauri (Agathis borneensis ) - Agathis

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   Used in the body of cheap electric solid-bodies, it has a less than sterling reputation

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  Toasted Timber and Gifts

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  Toasted Timber was born out of creativity and from the heart of Jennifer Wakefield and her husband Travis. They make anything that can be burned into wood and some of the coolest looking pens. Their busy lives, a son and their love of working together keeps them quite busy....

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  Making a Rosette for Ramon’s Classical Guitar

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  Ramon visits the shop to work on a cool radial rosette design with black limba, burl, and fiber strips. We’re using the Radial Rosette Maker Jig available here: https://www.ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/

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  Inside Look – Ron and Lamar on the last day of their 8 Day Guitar Building Workshop

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  Students Ron and Lamar ream their bridge pins to fit, slot the nut and give their guitars a final setup, before stringing them up and playing them for the first time!

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  Over 200 sets of "Air Dried" East Indian Rosewood in stock.

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  We have over 200 sets of "Air Dried" East Indian Rosewood in stock. Ready to ship to any of our USA customers. Get yours today. Don't forget about acclimation time, give your order time to acclimate!

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  ......one thing is for certain, Music is Powerful!

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  So little is understood about the power of music, but one thing is for certain, Music is Powerful!

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