Zoomer
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Actually, nevermind. I just looked at the COA of my '08 R6 and it too has the 50th anniversary on the back.
New Golden Age !! In Prism Tape !! Love it !! :applaude
Actually, nevermind. I just looked at the COA of my '08 R6 and it too has the 50th anniversary on the back.
20 year old brazilian is far from the old growth used in the 50's - It is generally considered sapwood at this age and is very light with colors light white to tan color. As the tree gets older the outer growth gets the nice dark brown color which is needed for Gibson fingerboards and much more time for acoustic guitar sizes. As hard as it is to believe the reason brazilian rosewood is so depleted is not because of guitars but most of it went to the perfume industry.
Now that the R9 09 specs are out and it doesn't include Brazilian should the 03 R9 Brazilian prices go up? Remember supply and demand.
Seems that there are a few people that are disappointed that 09 R9's didn't include Braz.
I've seen some of those. The grain is actually doing circles! What a disgrace.
There's always been folklore myth about how old the trees were to build the 50's Les Pauls.
That might not be the case. Even if it was, it still might be possible to harvest younger trees,
since its only for the fingerboards. Even if younger, it can't be any worse than stumpwood Braz on many of the '03's.
:foghorn I had a few people knocking down my door and offering me way more than my reissue was worth , every owners dream, to rid me of the "horrible stumpwood Braz". The figured, aromatic scented , slick feeling fingerboard wood was no good then ? The rich man that bought my reissue thought it was good wood.:rip
Disgrace? Grain doing circles makes you dizzy ? I like my figured braz wood. I never tire of looking at it. :foghorn
Disgrace? Grain doing circles makes you dizzy ? I like my figured braz wood. I never tire of looking at it. :foghorn
...it still might be possible to harvest younger trees,
since its only for the fingerboards. Even if younger, it can't be any worse than stumpwood Braz on many of the '03's.
My understanding, however, is that the younger the tree, the lighter colored the wood. In its younger stages the tree's wood starts off as a light tan color, and darkens with age. So theoretically you could get a fingerboard out of a young tree, but it wouldn't be the nice, dark, rich brown and orange that we normally associate with Braz.
I've seen some of those. The grain is actually doing circles! What a disgrace.
That must be what they use for these guitars: :lol
A disgrace??? I think not. (or should I say knot?)
BRW is nothing....
there is NO differnce in tone AT ALL.....