Nice work. About snakewood: being a historical bowmaker, I've bent lots of snakewood, up to 12 mm thick, and it actually bends quite nicely and is not especially splintery. The trick is getting it hot enough slowly enough. I usually bend it over a woodstove, just with radiant heat, but a bending iron works quite nicely for thin stuff like these liners. If anyone can come to Vienna to pick up the stuff, I have scraps of snakewood, ironwood, and pernambuco, enough for many guitar linings, lying around. cheers from sunny Austria, Scott
What a great video! Sounds great looks great! I was first introduced to an Australian wood called Sheoak when I purchased a stereo preamp called Chardonnay from a company named Supratek,owned by an Aussie named Mick Maloney.Who by the way, makes some of the finest preamps and amplifiers in the world.He uses Australian wood to great effect,,but I never guessed that Australia has some great sounding guitar wood as well! And very beautiful wood indeed.Thanks for adding to my knowledge!
Hi Trevor Good to see you're still at it. You should consider booking a slot to show your guitars at the Adelaide bi annual guitar festival. I have been along twice now and they have 'meet the maker' sessions there. best regards . John Jooste
Do you ever do a double back guitar? I found 10 sets of BRW backs & sides. 1 set I would place at AAA or better, and another at AA. The rest were typical post 1994 crotch/stump wood. I like the cedar tops now that I may not live to see a spruce top really open up. You Aussies amaze me! I still try to do one classical and or a violin every year to keep my chops up. My Hauser copy I made to use in place of the real one is over 25 yrs old now. I get Nomex from a guy who builds small planes.
WoW! That is something very beautiful to look at and more breathtaking when listening to. Thanks for sharing the video. Do you make them for anyone and if I wanted one like that, where could I get and estimate or more info? I have fallen in love with that instrument. I love the many tones and colors of wood.
Beautiful guitar mate, question: How did you bend that Snakewood binding? I had a try with Snakewood and I had lots of problems. It is very brittle and splintery, but the most beautiful and expansive wood in the world.
+Hector Lombardo doble top is a sanwich top of 3 components, 2 usual tops and in the middle one material called nomex. exists various different systems to make them... look in youtube you will find some info..
As usual, listening to a test of any guitar ... the problem is not in the guitar, but in the guitarist. Usually the "tester" is a guitarist less than mediocre. This test is not different from the others. Good guitar. Guitarist ... less than a hobbyist.
thanks to all the trees who gave their life and energy to give us the joy of hearing the tones of their woods, handmade cant be beat
This 5:40 looks like a landscape. Just spectacular.
This guitar build is a work of art and sounds as good as it looks. A pleasure to see and listen.
Deeply moved by that Mr. Cole. A thing of wonder. I wish I could afford such things. I'm so thrilled they exist.
Beautiful choice of material. Love the sound of the instrument.
Nice work.
About snakewood: being a historical bowmaker, I've bent lots of snakewood, up to 12 mm thick, and it actually bends quite nicely and is not especially splintery. The trick is getting it hot enough slowly enough. I usually bend it over a woodstove, just with radiant heat, but a bending iron works quite nicely for thin stuff like these liners.
If anyone can come to Vienna to pick up the stuff, I have scraps of snakewood, ironwood, and pernambuco, enough for many guitar linings, lying around.
cheers from sunny Austria, Scott
Großes Kompliment, ein wundervolles Instrument ist Ihnen da gelungen!!!
Beautiful craftsmanship. Just beautiful.
Wow, welch wundervolle Hölzer, was für eine tolle Arbeit!! Danke für's reinstellen.
I is in love with the guitar!
Beautiful Guitar
What an amazing piece of work.
What a great video! Sounds great looks great! I was first introduced to an Australian wood called Sheoak when I purchased a stereo preamp called Chardonnay from a company named Supratek,owned by an Aussie named Mick Maloney.Who by the way, makes some of the finest preamps and amplifiers in the world.He uses Australian wood to great effect,,but I never guessed that Australia has some great sounding guitar wood as well! And very beautiful wood indeed.Thanks for adding to my knowledge!
Que admirable trabajo !!! Congratulations! !😀
Hi Trevor
Good to see you're still at it. You should consider booking a slot to show your guitars at the Adelaide bi annual guitar festival. I have been along twice now and they have 'meet the maker' sessions there. best regards . John Jooste
@sirgreggins8824 I purchased the Ziricote from LMI, The soundboard is European spruce outer and Engelman spruce inner.
Do you ever do a double back guitar? I found 10 sets of BRW backs & sides. 1 set I would place at AAA or better, and another at AA. The rest were typical post 1994 crotch/stump wood. I like the cedar tops now that I may not live to see a spruce top really open up. You Aussies amaze me! I still try to do one classical and or a violin every year to keep my chops up. My Hauser copy I made to use in place of the real one is over 25 yrs old now. I get Nomex from a guy who builds small planes.
Outstanding work
Thanks, the bindings are Snakewood
That was a pleasure to lessonto and watch>
thanks
Yes I think it is, I don't normally use it. I didn't find it difficult to bend or work with.
it would be more useful if you compare a double top with an ordinary one to understand the difference. thanks and congrats
Very beautiful!
WoW! That is something very beautiful to look at and more breathtaking when listening to. Thanks for sharing the video. Do you make them for anyone and if I wanted one like that, where could I get and estimate or more info? I have fallen in love with that instrument. I love the many tones and colors of wood.
Fantastic Mr Cole !
Danke für dein Kompliment
Brilliant!
Dire Straits...? Beatiful sound.
beautiful
hermosa guitarra!
Hola soy Edgar Hernández vivo en Mexico D.F. o CDMX .
Alguien sabe cuánto cuesta una guitarra cómo está ?
Muchas gracias .
Snakewood is actually really heavy dense stuff.
Exquisite
amazing
Beautiful guitar mate, question: How did you bend that Snakewood binding?
I had a try with Snakewood and I had lots of problems. It is very brittle and splintery, but the most beautiful and expansive wood in the world.
What a beauty! Do you ship to germany? Whats the price of this?
please wath's name first theme? thanks so much
Excellent! What is the music please - is there tab anywhere out there for it? I'm still learning to read music!
👏👏👏👏👏
Snakewood must be getting harder to locate. Is it splintery or brittle?
how was working with Ziricote. I just found out about it and I'm considering using it for a build
Please! Tell what the music in these video?!
at the begining of the video, the guitar doesnt sound very good but it kinda grew on me
where'd you get the ziricote? i just build one with a sitka top
Hello, beautiful guitar!, could someone tell me what doble top means? are really two tops, or just only one with double thickness?, thanks in advance.
+Hector Lombardo doble top is a sanwich top of 3 components, 2 usual tops and in the middle one material called nomex. exists various different systems to make them... look in youtube you will find some info..
Thanks for your explanation!
;) you are welcome
linda madeira
As usual, listening to a test of any guitar ... the problem is not in the guitar, but in the guitarist. Usually the "tester" is a guitarist less than mediocre. This test is not different from the others. Good guitar. Guitarist ... less than a hobbyist.
ya take twenty bucks
If someone were buying a guitar using youtube samples, this guitar would NEVER be chosen.
ziracote = mexico
¡que desperdicio de madera!,
it shouldn't be played at all
That would be a shame. A guitar is meant to be heard.