We have a lot of guitar builders out here, and I have heard and seen a few acoustic guitars with beautiful redwood tops that rang like bells. . The good old stuff can be very similar to good spruce which as you know makes a killer top on an acoustic.
Just did a google search, and apparently you...
I do, but its frowned upon by building codes and inspectors here. Its also extremely expensive to do, but I don't have to worry about that!
Thanks Mick. This is what you get when you add a few kickass cups of coffee to an already hyperactive body/mind!
Fir definitely has more structural strength than Redwood. You can find charts online which will tell you what dimension are acceptable when using Redwood for structural stuff.
It was a few mile of rough roads and we were laying in on pretty thick, but I was shocked when the quarry tickets showed we had gone through a few million pounds of rock. It was an ongoing project that took over 6 weeks of on/off work, but I am sure glad its done. Now I can get back to my own...
Thanks for catching that Burnham. What I meant to says was 2 thousand tons. I think thats what they call fuzzy math. Thank god Im not an accountant.
We have 2 old redwood bridges here that are a bottleneck when it comes to getting material or heavy equipment in. I had my buddies Super dump...
Been fixing some severly neglected roads in the hood in my spare time. 2 thousand tons of base rock later, and Im tired. Back to the trees on Monday. Thank Gawd!
Just saw the photo of you wreaking a pine, with a bunch of kids playing in the front yard and neighbors watching you work.
One of my favorite photos around here!
3120 with a 60" bar, a 395XP with a 40", and a 562XP with a 28". I usually keep a mid-size like the 562 around when I'm falling to help clean up undercuts, make notches for treejacks, or cleaning up bark for pounding wedges.
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