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The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
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DavidWS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
AnDroiD wrote: Mine is I believe an '84 build - #1212 - and it's called "Ironwood" or Pau Ferro and it looks a lot like yours. Thanks Marty. I'm no wood expert but Pau Ferro does seem like a good match.
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digitalkettle
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
DavidWS wrote: I'm no wood expert but Pau Ferro does seem like a good match. Actually, matches are typically made from poplar, pine, or aspen
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AnDroiD
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
digitalkettle wrote: DavidWS wrote: I'm no wood expert but Pau Ferro does seem like a good match. Actually, matches are typically made from poplar, pine, or aspen Yeah, but are they "tonewoods"?
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DavidWS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
AnDroiD wrote: digitalkettle wrote: Actually, matches are typically made from poplar, pine, or aspen Yeah, but are they "tonewoods"? LOL PS. Taken as a straight question the answer is arrarently yes. Poplar & aspen Pine
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SteveS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
I’ve seen the arguments re “tonewoods” for electric guitars, including videos from PRS showing how they use “tapping” of the body blanks to select “resonant” pieces for PRS guitars. I noticed that this is never a topic of discussion among luthiers! I also note that I’ve similarly never encountered any of that superstition around the Stick.
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DavidWS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
SteveS wrote: I noticed that this is never a topic of discussion among luthiers! I guess there's a use for most things & to an extent it depends on what you're looking for (sound & sight)... ...& what you have to hand! Some combination of "beauty is in the ear of the beholder" and "it's not what you have, it's what you do with it &/or how you use it"? Variety can be a useful & interesting thing. SteveS wrote: I also note that I’ve similarly never encountered any of that superstition around the Stick. If it was a good enough to be selected for instrument use by Emmett (& now Grace), we trust it.
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AnDroiD
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
SteveS wrote: I’ve seen the arguments re “tonewoods” for electric guitars, including videos from PRS showing how they use “tapping” of the body blanks to select “resonant” pieces for PRS guitars. I noticed that this is never a topic of discussion among luthiers! I also note that I’ve similarly never encountered any of that superstition around the Stick. I was hoping "we" would get the joke. On BassChat, the British betterment of TalkBass, tonewood debate is fanatical to farcical. I tend to the latter. (Spinal Tap?) And yeah, my bamboo Stick sustains for days...
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DavidWS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
AnDroiD wrote: I was hoping "we" would get the joke. On BassChat, the British betterment of TalkBass, tonewood debate is fanatical to farcical. I tend to the latter. (Spinal Tap?) And yeah, my bamboo Stick sustains for days... Yeah, and technically that's not even a 'wood'! However, it's more than a 'match' when it comes to 'tonewood'.
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SteveS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
AnDroiD wrote: (Spinal Tap?) And yeah, my bamboo Stick sustains for days...
_________________ >>=Steve=>> I require quotation marks when I say I'm a "musician"! Rosewood #1027 Baritone Melody, StickUps Blue Railboard #7228 Matched Reciprocal, EMG block
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DavidWS
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Re: The re-setup of Ironwood #1642 (by a complete beginner)
Back on the first page of this topic Greg wrote greg wrote: If you want a lower tuning I suggest Baritone Melody, which is easy to compensate for. For that tuning you'd need 3 shaved screws, for strings 2, 3 and 5. Having spent a few weeks with Classic tuning, plus reading around a few topics on tuning, I'm getting to see & appreciate the logic behind these 'offset' tunings & how they link to the inlays in a way that make the note layouts sync beautifully with the Circle of Fourths/Fifths. I also see the attraction of the Baritone Melody range, so I've just ordered a set of light BM strings & shaved screws from SE (& changed the tuning on my Grand Railboard order from RMR to Classic 6+6).
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