My guess is that tunings evolved much like other aspects of music -- slowly and organically. By that I mean, that they evolved from experimentation,...
Lignum vitae is usually not that orange, but the others mentioned have a specific gravity of less than one. Sill, individual pieces vary. The LV I've...
Well, he had some darn nice wood and did a nice job of bookmatching it. I don't like the scroll either, but it sure is more complex than it looks at...
If I'm not mistaken, torrefied wood is heated in a low oxygen environment, not just heated. It is not the same as kiln dried wood at all. This means...
I did try soaking a top in cow urine, but running around trying to catch the urine almost killed me, so I stopped doing that. I now use my own urine....
Lovely pierce of work there, Graham. I particularly like the neck design. What kind of join does it have?
AH! I read your original post and see that...