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Tone is King, and it certainly sounds like a fantastic wood tonally. However, I like a guitar to be aesthetically pleasing to me too, and to my taste, the appearance is a bit underwhelming. It's not the lack of figure or graining, just the color. Can it be stained darker?
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A friend of mine who occasionally builds long bows for his own use builds with OO. His first bow, from years ago, is still a fine, working bow. |
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I just remembered I did a couple of videos with the Osage too....
Audix ADX51 on the guitar in a relatively intimate setting in the corner of a room.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFWR51dXVCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmigrvvndZY
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Ted Davis cut some osage in the early-1980's and built several guitars with it. He wrote an article for the GAL which was entitled 'Appalachian Gold'. At that time, I was a proponent of black locust, which is similar (though it is a bit less hard and dense). Both woods have the best tap tone of any domestic hardwood I have cut.
I initially used locust and osage for bridgeplates and braces, but in the mid-1990's I built a few black locust guitars. Fresh-cut locust has a pale greenish-yellow hue, but it quickly ages to a golden brown. For the most part, I have stained the wood with walnut stain. |
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I know back in the pioneer days OO seeds were literally worth more than their weight in gold. OO was sought after by farmers since it grew quickly and could make a thick hedge (windbreak or "fence") in a relatively short time.
A bag a seeds (they're small and inside the fruit) was worth more than a corresponding bag of gold dust. And when we were kids, we used to have fights with 'em too. Called them "monkey b@ll$". |
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YES, us too, and that's what my Dad used to call them! How funny...thanks for that memory.
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I am from Northern Ohio and was Monkey Ba**s for us too - where are you all from?
Ed |
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I'm a NE Ohio boy too...
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Clearly, my friends and I in the Kansas City suburbs lacked your vision and sense of grandeur!! whm |