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Thank you for the video. I recently acquired a phenomenal amount of mahogany wood. I m3an a shot ton. Very wide and thick. Some as much as 2.5 inches thick and up to 12' long and 12" wide. It had been sitting in a warehouse for the past 40+ years. It's all rough sawn. I have a couple planers,jointer etc. I need to plane some of it I guess to determine what type but I am leaning towards genuine mahogany based on what I have learned. Anyway thanks for the info

My grandfather got caught up in the paulawnia craze in the 90s. It's a cool hobby wood but nothing to waste time harvesting. It takes a lot of care for it to grow as advertised. It's basically a hardwood weed.

Better woods of other trees grown by diasugi.

I just finished a D-18 out of African Mahogany... the grain is almost tigered , and it pops out at you .. Its light .. but best of all... Its the best sounding guitar I own . In fact It rivals a top deluxe Martin with expensive wood costing thousands of dollars.. In both looks and sound . It's a great sounding wood ... with a lot of tone ....

I ordered a couple blanks from you guys and got it last week. The blanks look amazing and had a couple others on the go. I expect a 3lb blank. Love that I found a replacement to Swampash.😁

I couldn’t tell in the video, does the African mahogany have the consistent pencil marks or is it the genuine mahogany?

The weight and density should make it extremely easy when it comes to musical instruments, but you broke it down perfectly with your expertise. *When it comes to guitars, if a guitar is sold as mahogany but you pick it up and it's lightweight, you know you have an African variety especially based on where that guitar was made.* Every mahogany guitar I own is dense and extremely heavy compared to other very popular woods, *but sometimes you get a mahogany guitar that is as light as basswood!* Typically, a guitarist used to mahogany that picks up a lightweight mahogany guitar will not be happy about it.

My question is: why did these plantations fail? Failing is not an option, but I see in Europe that they failed as well!

I selected ultra-light mahogany for my LP build I'm ordering. I'm doing all the hardware myself. They have Honduran, but I am concerned about weight. I already own 2 LP's that are boat anchors. One is a Japanese built African m, and the other a 78' Gibson that lives up to 70's Gibson weight issues. Regardless I played for years onstage with it and became used to it. I want this new 59' spec build to reflect the weight of the original Gibsons, which were light. And just wanted to know what a lighter LP felt like. Honestly I can't tell the difference in sound of my Honduran vs. African mahogany guitars, other than their dramatically different pickups. Different fretboards too, one ebony and the other rosewood.

fgs i miss the metric system :'(

Light woods are dimensionally stable but not hard wearing. I would use it as a ceiling cladding.

That's sweetgum not eucalyptus. How do you get it in CA?

Andy, let us know when you develop the Custom "CandleCaster"! 🕯🎸🤘🤘

Wood is a natural product so you have to expect variations with it. That's the beauty of wood, it's all different. You want something all the same go buy plastic. They'll sell you that too.

Sometimes you just gotta use your words.

The two pieces you shown in the video brought two things to mind. First, that koa most often grows with lots of crooked branches and bends, which might account partly for those angles ... especially if someone is trying to salvage every inch. Straight trunks are out there and not all too uncommon but winding branches are more the norm for growth. Second, it's not too often that healthy live koa are logged and so it is often old koa which have fallen down which get salvaged. Hence, they may often have some rot associated with them.

I fill cracks and try to make them look like mineral or worm streaks.

Can this take stain? Just curious

I have three acres of these trees I would like sale

You left out a lot about the qualities of paulownia wood. You mentioned lightness and softness, but there are others. The wood resists moisture, can make veneers with it, resists insects including termites and is flame resistent. The leaves capture carbon from the atmosphere more than any other tree in the world reducing a farmers carbon footprint. The leaves also absorb great amounts of nitrogen and when the leaves fall and mix with the soil a huge amount of natural nitrogen fertilizer is added to it. Makes a world famous compost for gardeners.

That is a really good video. I was thinking of growing about a hectare of paulownia and then either slabbing or quartering the logs. Would a guitar maker prefer (and pay more for) bookmatched quartered paulownia ?

where can I GET PLANS OR INSTHUTIONS FOR SOME OF SAMLL PROJECTS

I just recently learned Gibson makes their guitars out of both mahogany and African mahogany.

You don't hate koa. You hate its price and attitude of suppliers. But not koa itself. So... Your title is clickbait. Isn't it? ;)

Yo, can you get me lumber for guitar bodies?

great info but a fade to black every cut is super distracting and unsettling

Thanks thanks you saved me

Thanks thanks you saved me

I’m happy I stumbled over this video.. To the point.. Thanks, man..

Is this wood too soft for making cabinet face frames?

Look at that quilting! 🔥

Should we be doing this??? 😆

How well does black limba work for necks? Is it stable?

wow

What temperature's you used and for how long time? When roast tree?

I've heard the pencil marks called "rays" thanks for the info!

Reverse roll quartersawing eliminates all your complaints.

Hey why do you hate me ????

Will it grow in southern India

Thank you. Loved this.

I used to go to school with your daughter XD

Okay, if ya don't like it, you don't like your suppliers, the quality they produce, and all that... go out and grow some of your own. In the '70s I worked in a sawmill cutting koa - this was in Hilo - and we threw away anything shorter than 2 feet. I cockroached some to make surfboard fins, but knowing little about seasoning and drying, I soon found that the fins I made would warp overnight. I had to fiberglass them the same day I cut them. Well that worked for a while.

Good tip! Thank you! Wish I had seen your video before I broke the tip on my knockout tool😂 oh well lesson learned.

THANKS FOR BEING A "MAVERICK" MAN.

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There is a public buildings maintenance department up the street from me. I'll try asking them, but they might or might not agree. Hope there aren't any regulations the city put on it. Oh, and thanks for the video.

2:04 I have my parents old Koa furniture with the Anthurium carving. This furniture is older than my oldest sibling. My parents bought it in 1946. Koa wood furniture last a long time. I wouldn’t trade it for any of the modern junk they sell in furniture stores today.

THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR AT LEAST A HOUR NOW! GOD BLESS YOU FOR GIVING ME THE ANSWER!

Great video ,thank you.

violin builders split logs radially it gives a pie shape ✌️😀