Genuine honduran mahogany, scientific name - Swietenia macrophylla, and acoustic guitar tonewood classic. This set has some fabuolous 'sausage curl' or quilting figure. Just gorgeous!
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@ryanbreslin59813 жыл бұрын
love finding channels like this, subbed. Keep these vids coming!
@davejinx3 жыл бұрын
Loving these videos, Tom, keep up the great work! My Bashkin SJ is Honduran Hog back & sides, and is stunning to look at (and play) - it’s not so obviously highly figured like a Cocobolo etc, but has incredible depth, and still takes my breath away when the sun catches it.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
@userillusion863 жыл бұрын
Love these videos keep up the great work!
@dalgguitars6 ай бұрын
Black limba. I guess he'd going to make a flying vee? Rock on!
@peterjames25803 жыл бұрын
Well, Here in Big leaf land we call that quilt😁 Thanks for the wood feast! I built one Mahogany classical and two octave mandolins with curly Mahogany.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
oooh i'd be super interested to know more about the mandos!
@keestoft2503 жыл бұрын
I'm new to this channel and it's ace. Learning things from someone who's passionate about what they do and wants to share it with us is the best. Thanks Tom, I've rung the bell, subscibed, thumbs-up, the whole kit and kaboodle.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@ericecklund6763 жыл бұрын
Tom, I have three Martin's with Mahogany back and sides and Adirondack tops and braces. All three are different body shapes, with different Mahogany figures on each back and with different levels of tone decay or sustain. A 2007 000-18 with Fiddleback Mahogany, a 2015 0000-18S (12 fret, slot head) with Ribbon stripe Mahogany, and a 2002 D-18 GE with some very normal looking Mahogany. And they all smell differently too. Very nice video, thank you!
3 жыл бұрын
I love this series!!! How about some more Mexican woods! Such as Ziricote, Granadillo...Bocote! These last two have such beautiful natural patterns! Keep up the great work!!
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
They're coming, on your request! hopefully monday
@georgecartwright10443 жыл бұрын
I would like to hear your comparison of “true mahogany,” Cuban mahogany, sinker mahogany and The Tree mahogany.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
its comin' george!
@georgecartwright10443 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@RemoSforza3 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, I wanted to know if figured woods have a different density than non-figured ones, a comparison of the different types of wood used for the soundboard would be nice, a nice tap tone comparison 😉 Thanks, your videos are very nice!
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
thank you! I don't have a definitive answer for you but will endeavour to find out
@RemoSforza3 жыл бұрын
@@TomSandsGuitars thanks!
@kevingreene68933 жыл бұрын
Lovely figured set of Honduran Mahogany - love the wavy twirling... nice. The tap-tone has the quick decay and little vibrational qualities. If you consider this mahogany tone in terms of a traditional Irish Bodhran - the skin would not be as tightly stretchers as the skin on a Walnut or even a Sapele - if you get my drift :) One of my guitars is a Tanglewood Parlor TW73BNA Cedar over Mahogany [no longer made] - great wee guitar... interestingly and dramatically after about 8 years the sound changed - out of nowhere i started hearing a new sound - cleaner and more pronounced. There is now a richness of tone that wasn’t there for so many years previously. Amazing transformation... Perhaps this supports my belief that the wood has a life of its own - presented as vibrational and sonic energy - and continues to grow and develop its own unique personality or “voice” [or DNA] . In fairness, this is also as a result of its interacting and supporting components - a bit like life itself... complex! Okay - perhaps a comparison of two top woods or two back and sides... Cheers for keeping the series going Tom... great stuff my friend. K.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for contributing Kevin!
@Caperhere Жыл бұрын
In the eighties, my father knew a fellow with a tramp steamer. Dad had bought a boat with some dry rot in it, and needed some mahogany to replace the bad wood. This captain brought him a huge load of what Dad called Honduran mahogany. He used some, sold most of the rest of it, but kept a bit for projects. He’s gone now, and I’ve been storing what’s left in the basement. I recently gave what was left to a Canadian guitar company. Much to my surprise, the owner said it was not Honduran mahogany. He scratched it, smelled it, hefted it, and finally said it was Cuban mahogany. He commented it was light in weight. I’m still trying to figure out how a load of wood picked up by his friend in Honduras is Cuban? He took it all except the longest board. It’s 123” long. He said it wasn’t quarter sawn. If you’re in Canada, you’re welcome to it. I also have a big block of ironwood, which I understand is used for pegs and picks. If you have a use for that, you’re welcome to it, too.
@TomSandsGuitars Жыл бұрын
Amazing story, would love to take you up on that but I’m in the U.K. ☹️
@dylanrohr12723 жыл бұрын
Loving this series! It would be awesome to re-feature the ebony from the Tony Polecastro special
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
its coming Dylan!
@thomasgaida71743 жыл бұрын
Here is my experience with mahogany: My first guitar, a 1981 K.Yairi (solid spruce/laminated mahogany) had less overtones and a quicker decay as one would wish for a big dreadnaught. I purchased a Faith Mars slope shoulder dreadnaught last year (solid cedar / solid mahogany / bronze strings) with a very quick decay of the low notes. On the other hand, there is plenty of sustain with my Guild M20 (all solid African mahogany / phosphor bronze strings). I found a way to mitigate this effect. I strung both my Yairi and my Faith with the Ernie Ball aluminum bronze strings. The sustain is now much longer on both guitars. My old K.Yairi guitar which I never liked much before finally produces a long sustaining sound carpet with overtones rolling out. My conclusion is that one should also consider the sort of strings to use when considering the tonewood of a guitar. And it is worth to take a look at the strings made of alternative materials like EBs aluminum bronze or the gold and silver plated strings by Optima. When you build a guitar, do you have a sort of strings in mind that would bring out the tonal qualities of a tonewood at its best? Do you give a string recommendation to your customers?
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Hey Thomas (great name), Always so important to experiment with strings. I'm currently using elixir HD lights, PB's. I've used them for the last couple of years since getting to know and working with Will McNicol. I like them for a number of reasons but primarily I think it comes down to consistency, I'm able to track my instruments better, Will is so comfortable with these strings that its kind of a no brainer for me.
@alexryder20463 жыл бұрын
Beautiful stuff. Got to see some Brazilian Rosewood soon Tom and why its no longer available..
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
I have the perfect set lined up for you alex!
@mykenejenkins3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these videos! Would love if you did one on Pernambuco or Panama Rosewood.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion!
@therealbeginnertv44942 жыл бұрын
Ive seen that you have built some fiddle back guitars too. Would you say they do really sound different ? Paired with Italian spruce.
@thierryloison28752 жыл бұрын
Continue to make us dream....(what about padauk ??)
@RemoSforza3 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, Do you know any Sinker Redwood sellers here in Europe? I live in Berlin and can't find anything ... Thank you for your kindness. Have a nice day
@gianfrancoviola98683 жыл бұрын
Pernambuco!
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Very hard to get hold of here, I had a set briefly but had to let it go 😭
@tgguitarist70809 ай бұрын
I really like the tree mahogany sets. They are not sold in my country, can I buy them from you?
@TomSandsGuitars9 ай бұрын
I don’t have any for sale, I’m sorry
@wesrushing52183 жыл бұрын
Your recorded sound was really low hard to hear...but Looks like you had a lot of info on mahagany woods.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
Hi Wes, try a different device? I’ve just tried it on my iPhone and my dog just jumped out of her skin!
@benvankemenade98072 жыл бұрын
Hey Tom, I own a K. Yairi guitar FYM94' (om body style shape) it has a Sitka AAA spruce top with GABON mahogany back and sides. I isn't the loudest (it is getting louder though) but has amazing tone. So lush with warmth and sparkling highs. I tried doing research on GABON MAHOGANY but there isn't much information on the internet. Any ideas about this tone wood? I can send you some more info, sounds and pictures if necessary. Have a great day, and thanks for the great information you are supplying us!
@martincollins19163 жыл бұрын
If I've missed it sorry, but have you covered bog oak yet (or to give it a posh term, "neolithic")? Would like to see/hear your feature on that one!
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
its coming! its currently hiding amongst the ebony and I always forget I have it!
@shlomos87273 жыл бұрын
i have a martin ooo-15 and i love it. if you can talk about tonerite to open up the guitar. thank you.
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
I spoke about it in yesterdays episode (walnut), let me know what you think
@BucketofGuts6463 жыл бұрын
I have a '59 0-18
@TomSandsGuitars3 жыл бұрын
nice! how is it?
@paulboden78503 жыл бұрын
Tom, why not build your mahogany single 0? With your talent you could knock it out in a weekend!