How to turn a Cocobolo log into 32 acoustic guitars!
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
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Watch as Chris takes a 400lb Cocobolo beam, and resaws it into 32 acoustic guitar back and sides sets!
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30 years ago I bought some cocobolo logs from Scotty's hardwood in Springfield Oregon and had it milled into 3/8 x 10 foot long and ran it through a sand master to 1/4 inch and perfectly edged and then glued it to a 10 x 20 foot wall in a new house that I still live in, a lot of 8 inch and 6 inch wide pieces . what a beautiful wall that will last for generation's' cocobolo is very colorful and dense and beautiful, Its my favorite, I payed 10 dollars a board foot back then and I feel money well spent.
What a score! Great to see how this went from enormous beam to over two and a half dozen guitar sets! Beautiful
It’s amazing just how much you managed to achieve from that piece of wood! Even from the outset the grain quality looks impressive. An impressive find indeed. As others have said, it would be great to see one of the sets being taken through the journey of creation to a finished guitar build. And the bit we are all desperate to experience is the final sound quality - great video, as always.
i 'm a player for 45 year and you show me a passion and a quality beautiful work thank for this great lesson
I was raised in Oregon among trees. My mom was a most prolific savant-like artist, and her favorite thing was woodworking (although she did everything ). We had a workshop. I was a guitarist that wanted to be a luthier, but did not know it was possible. I became a professional nature/landscape photographer. I live in Florida (Palm Coast) now and I’ve come across your videos and, my mom passed away a couple years ago and her favorite art form was woodworking.
Part of me wished I would’ve become a luthier. I love your work, and I love your videos! Thank you for sharing the precious processes involved in all the steps. I love watching the videos.
Don't let perfectionism hold you back from posting videos! Just go pro it like this one and post!
WOWSER!!!, I was enthralled! Hope you put vids up of the actuall building of some of these guitars, The Cocobolo looks beautiful!! 😍😍
First, I'm a 55 year beginner guitarist. {allow a minute for that to soak in.} I was Christmas gifted a Chinese fender electric a few years ago. It's idle right now.{needs a few part upgrades}. This year I was surprise Christmas gifted a Tyler Mountain acoustic{I had mentioned to my daughter about getting an acoustic because I had missed having one so much.. {$120 new, mine is second hand} Had,{love that word}, high action. I'm a crafty, creative person. So I watched a lot of You Tube vids and with a lot of thought, calculations and process I conquered that issue and the guitar has awesome action now, with basically having enough saddle height to be the answer to my problem. Before restringing with D'Addario phosphor bronze .12 strings I saw the fretboard separated from the neck at the head. Looked like, judging by a dent at the very top corner of the head, it was dropped or thrown. So, with a thin, flat tool I gapped it a mite and flooded with thin CA glue. The result is a really decent, bright sounding guitar. So that all got me to watching guitar repair vids and I came across this vid and, WOW, what a gift you were given. And what a story to tell any customers you might have of the history of where the wood came from and being hand hewn from who knows who. Looking forward to more vids and yours being part of that journey. Retired with a back problem so these help me with my creative mind and keeping my sanity while sitting. A LOT! lol Hope to see at least one guitar made from this Cocobolo in the future.
The go-pro quality is perfectly fine. I’d rather see MORE videos.
flying a drone around the interior is a bit ott though?
That beam was like finding Bigfoot!! That’s beautiful heartwood, no light colored pulpwood at all, hard to imagine that beam being worth 30k! But I know the price of custom guitars with exotic Woods. One of the better sounding Martin guitars I’ve heard was a Cocobolo dreadnought. And the back and sides were not as nice as the stuff you’re cutting! Great find!
That log was a huge score. I wish I could go down to Central America and bring a log back with me. I've made 100's of golf putters out of Cocobolo, back about 15 years ago, but I can't find large enough pieces anymore. I'm retiring from my cabinet building career in a year or two, and I've been retooling my home shop to build acoustic guitars. You have some great incite on this industry and I appreciate your videos very much.
The last time I had any milling equipment was over 20 years ago. I can fully appreciate adding a good piece of wood to the collection!
Watching this makes me appreciate why prepared back and sides cost so much. That cocobolo looks awesome; easily as good as an Indian Rosewood for colour and grain. This is tempting me to build another acoustic guitar, even though I wasn't planning to build one ever again!
Never seen guitars being made before so it was very interesting to see at least the start of the process. Thank you.
Thanks, I have big plans to show all the steps in time.
Really enjoying your videos. I was a furniture maker in my previous career and now I work in the guitar industry so your channel really captures my interest. You certainly make some beautiful guitars. Keep up the good work!
Seems to be a trend, from chairs and table to guitars. Let's gggoooo
Even without lights and lapel mic, the video and audio quality were fine. If this allows you to work more quickly, smoothly, naturally, then just keep doing it this way. It works!
You should buy him a blade as thanks, if you didn't pay for the service. Thanks for sharing your work!
I agree you should buy him a blade!
certainly keep going ! keep the faith, its fantastic to see this
level of workmansip, i wouldn`t fret over the quality of video,
just maintain your concentration with the valuable materials,
also the even more value in limbs hands and fingers, they
are damn near priceless and hard to replace .good luck!
Most excellent job getting the most out of that log! You really did justice to the wood and it's going to make 32 really happy people!
I walked by a wood store evertday on my way to High School. The guys were cool and taught me a lot about fine woods. They had some piecs drying for twenty years back in the late 60s.
Keep them up man! Quality was totally fine! I’d rather have more like this then less of the high end ones ;)
As I posted down below you did awesome at minimizing your waste. What a great find!! Such a rare piece of wood here in the US this day and age. I wish you'd put on a dust mask, that fine cocobolo dust is not healthy at all!!!! It won't take long to develop an allergy if you don't wear something!
Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the process. No problems at all with the production. Would love to see follow up videos of the journey from reclaimed beam to finished guitar!
I appreciate that. I’ll be shorting follow up vids for sure!
Im so thrilled you got that wood, I know I’m late watching these videos. But I do like them.
I am mesmerized watching this. Love watching how a log becomes a beautiful hand crafted instrument. Well done.
On 3:53 , you can hear this wood, it is so resonant, it have beatiful highs and midrange, just beautifull.
I think we are quite happy and appreciative with your sharing your time and knowledge in this format. Amazing insight into your world.
Thanks for watching. A lot more coming your way.
I live in Costa Rica and had a cocobolo tree on my property that was dead, and my chainsaw did not like it at all. There were sparks flying when cutting. That is some dense wood. A buddy of mine that builds furniture done here was drooling when I told him he could have the tree.
Enjoyed seeing this process! The video was good, the only thing I'd change is the sound level of the music sections which came across louder than your speaking sections.
I'm new to your videos .I enjoyed this video and all your other videos as well .I'm researching everything I can about building guitars ,I'm seventy one and a retired commercial carpenter of all kinds of carpentry . I want build at least one or two before I leave this world and your videos have been very informative, thank you . Your artistry and craftsmanship are top notch .
I'm excited to see the first Cocobolo guitar build
I've worked with Cocobolo in making chess pieces on my lathe. Love the stuff! I found out later that this wood (and some others) is carcinogenic. The dust is bad to inhale. Check it out.
I enjoyed the video and learned something from it. Thanks.
Steve Werner? I think you sat in one night when I was hosting an open mic in Cocoa. You played slide all night on a dobro. Sounded great and I was too young and naive to thank you and appreciate your awesome accompaniment. Thanks brother.
Have you studied cinematography ? … because your story telling ability is as good or better than “regular” television… with the perfect amount of “art” without being to “artsy”… great “framing”… you pull us in along for the ride… Thank you for being the perfect amount of perfectionist without losing focus of the presentation. I just found you… today is my day off… I cant wait to see more of your work (I will probably benge watch more than I should (your channel is that good)). God Bless.
So glad I surfed to your channel. I really enjoyed your video. I can hardly wait to see the finished guitar. Much continued success. Thanks for sharing! KANSAS
Hi Chris, I think your videos are real informative and entertaining. As a wood worker and an amateur luthier for the last few years, I want to thank you for the many useful tips I've picked up. But here is a tip that could literally save you a trip to the hospital - get a nice pair of SAFETY GLASSES and put them on when using ANY power tool. Shoot, I ruined my right eye just using a pop riveter, so imagine what could happen if a blade lost a carbide tip and happened to sail in your direction.
Now I see why Martin created the D-35. The scrap wood worked for 3 piece backs. Great use of the leftovers. Thanks for the video.
I really enjoyed the video, it demonstrated the amount of work involved in just generating the wood pieces required for the back and sides.
Best use ever for a once in a lifetime piece of cocobolo!
That is a MAJOR SCORE Chris!!! You LUCKY DOG!!! You have to do a series of videos showing you going through the steps of making a Cocobolo guitar from this incredible, beautiful wood. That would be spectacular.......
I love the bit when you casually say that you expect to be using this wood over the next 10 years!
A sure calm faith in reality.
"If you expect the world to end tomorrow, plant a tree today." 🌲 🌳 🌲
This video is so satisfying on so many levels. Thanks!
That was a pretty slick idea using the cnc to prep them before resawing. I’ve got a pretty big piece of mahogany that I need to use in my guitar building.
Beautiful work! Nice to know someone is representing Florida so well. We are not really known to be a haven for guitar builders. Hope to be a client one day!
This was inspiring for me and exactly what I needed to see. Your videos have taken the mystery out of making guitars. It’s a goal of mine to make my own one day. From the sawmill to the stage! I have a similar mill just like your friend. Keep up the videos! Thanks!
Love to see guys getting together and doing fun stuffs. God bless you guys.
This was a captivating to watch! Eager to see the next video. A Driftwood guitar is as fine an instrument as any in the world. I play mine every day - what a treasure!
I have a Puerto Rican Cuatro make with Cocobolo it’s amazing work for guitars. Beautiful sound. Thanks for the video
Congrat's on the high quality of content as well as your ability to explain this complex subject.
I love everything about this. Thanks for sharing the process with us!
Just ran across this channel and subbed. You came out like a bandit on this trade deal my friend! Lol. I love my Indian RW D-28, but Cocobolo is a gorgeous wood, that produces some beautiful tones also. I would have to list it in my top 5 favorite tonewoods for guitar b&s.
I like the blog format. It seems "real". Again thanks for sharing! KANSAS
Amazing that just tapping the rough beam made an awesome sound.
It was awesome to see this process. I have seen a few guitar building videos but none with this attention to detail on this part of the process. 🤠
That was strangely informative as a musician, it's always surprising how little wood you actually need for string instruments, and the know how that goes into making them.
Hi you do amazing work. I’m a guitar and violin finisher for 30 years.
That scrap you got left over would make some nice banjo bridges.
Super jealous. Lovely wood. Video and audio quality fine for me. Thanks.
I can hear you fine, Sue it’s not perfect but it’s still great.
I’d like to see you do the full build of one of those
This was a great video. The video and audio quality were just fine.
Excellent, can’t wait to see finished guitar. Thanks Rob
I'm loving your videos Chris. Only discovered your channel yesterday but really enjoying all the ones I've watched so far. That include the reviews of the guitars you've cut in half! Keep it up.
Wow!!! What a find! Cocobolo is some of the most beautiful tonewood ever. Be careful with the dust...some people react to it. I hear ya sniffin so....just be careful.
loved this whole process, I can't wait to see the continuation,thx so much
Can't wait to see the first guitar made from your coco ! :-)
Who disliked this… a beam fan??? Jeez… the billit scraps would probably make great headstock overlays and the .”scrap” looked like it could produce some bridges. Great video.
I love guitars and working with wood... wish i had your skill.. love the guitars you build.. awsome.. good work all the way from Cape Town South Africa...
Video and sound was fine, well done, to own one of those guitars with a story behind them like that would be amazing, good luck with your Chanel, I really enjoy watching you work and seeing and hearing the finished product, can't wait to hear the tones on these coco's
I've spent over 40$ on a piece of cocobolo that was 1inch x 4inch x 32inch for knife handle scales. Seeing a piece that big was mind blowing.
I know right?
Such a great Video, I can't tell you how fantastic that was from start to finish, great job.
This is awesome. To actually find somebody who happens to have a beam of coco lying around is amazing...get yourself a lottery ticket! Not living far from Ponce, it would be cool to some time visit your facility (hopefully free pointers and inspiration).
My kind of post. please keep them coming ASAP!
The scrap would make some great bridge pins, and a hell of a lot of them.
Quite amazing, such a precious way of maximizing the good stuff, can.t wait to see a guitar made out of those pieces
Great content is far more valuable for me as a viewer than high quality audio and lighting. Keep up with the great work.
All those miniscule scraps can be used for fingerboard inlays or stripes down the back of the neck. Amazing find pal!
Catching up on the back catalog. What an incredible piece of timber! Also, cool to see we have the same CNC machine. I just got mine about 4 weeks ago... Excited to put it through the paces... Thanks again for bringing us along.
Feel free to contact me directly if you need any help.
@@DriftwoodGuitars That is incredibly gracious of you. Thank you for the offer. If I run into anything that makes sense to bug you about, I'll definitely reach out. -Greg
Please do! I know I had a TON of questions when I got going.
No need to upgrade dawg. Just keep it going. As a woodworker and musician, I can read between the lines. If I ever get back down there, give me a tour. I will buy lunch and beer!!!
That’s an old video, we ended up upgrading anyway haha. Hit me up if you’re ever in town and I’ll take you up on it.
Great work. Very interesting to see how much goes into getting the raw materials together before the build process commences.
Love watching this process and the skill involved...amazing
The video quality is fine stop stressing
Thank you for the insight
the cutoffs with the tool marks would look awesome as headstock veneer or pickguard material
I'm about to faint just watching this video. I absolutely love work with Cocobolo but i can't imagine sawing and doing dust without mask or gloves lol
smashed finger, broken blade and he'll have a terrible allergic reaction.
@@JoshuaSeed The dust is carcinogenic, so an allergic reaction is the least of his worries.
Wow man! So Cool! Looking forward to seeing the beautiful creations that come from it! 🤗
REALLY COOL. SOUND AND QUALITY WAS FINE. I HAVE A COCOBOLO CUSTOM TAYLOR THAT IS STUNNING.
Really cool to see this whole process. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Keep making videos..because I love them. 10+ all the way
Knifemakers use coco old frequently for handle . When sanding always wear breathing protection. Coco looks is a very oily wood and when sanding it smokes. The smoke is TOXIC. It is so beautiful when finished. I don’t have much experience working with the wood. My friend makes knives and swords. He uses coco bolt making handles. This is where I got this information. Good luck with your guitars.
I'm enjoying your videos. I hope you continue making them.
Fabulous! Perfect format. Great content. Thanks.
i learned a lot processing rough wood to usable billits thanks
Great video, Chris... beautiful wood... nice to see that you are looking to the future... My best to you, as always...
This was awesome! Great job man!
I believe this wood is used in the construction of traditional bows in Archery.
Correct.
Osage orange
I had no idea!
I see how I can't resaw a perfect piece like that. That's because I need a as-much-as-a-band-saw-price resaw blade. Nice work!
A carbide tipped blade runs about $275. for a 20" bandsaw fyi
Lucky find as of January 2, 2017, Cocobolo is protected as a CITES Appendix II species, along with Bubinga (Guibourtia demeusei, G. pellegriniana, and G. tessmanni), other true rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) and related species found in the Dalbergia genus, such as Tulipwood, Kingwood, and African Blackwood
Just wondering if you have any guitars for a veteran suffering from PTSD? I will accept any type of guitar like the one you might throw away, scrap, or even one that you’re not so proud of. Playing and learning the guitar helps me cope with my PTSD. Thanks for sharing, I feel your work is exceptional. Just thought I’d ask for one beautiful guitar. I can pay a little bit too. Rock on 🤘🏻
It makes for an amazing fingerboard too. Some of the offcuts look look like they’re big enough.
I heard a rumor that Brian May from Queen sourced his wood from a 600 year old fireplace from a Tudor Baron's Hall. His guitars have a unique sound. When Yamaha was young, they put their timber through industrial microwave ovens. Curing timber is an art.
This is a fantastic video. Super cool stuff. You probably did it, but maybe you could use some of the 'waste' wood into bridges, bridge pins, end grafts, heel caps and tuner buttons... to make actual waste even less than you imagined. Definitely awesome information. Thank you!