Members companyman Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 ...big moving out of gear post holidays for me, sold my Orange rig, buncha pedals and guitars, picked up a '48-ish Harmony Broadway archtop, and a Teisco Spectrum 220, along with my 70's Mij Pan semi-hollow, I think I have been bitten with the "Old Wood" syndrome, call it mojo or what you will but the Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard on my Broadway feels like velvet! Birch is a new kind of wood for me, it sounds different than Mahogany Spruce and Maple, the ladder bracing is a funky reverby sound , my only recent guitar left is my Sg Special.... Thinking about selling it to buy an old Valco or Kay....I'd post pics but I use a mobile device......anyway is the old growth wood better or is it hype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cryptosonic Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 Good wood is good wood. I have a Squier 2 ply body that is the most resonant solid body I've played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MyNameIsRyan Posted February 6, 2014 Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 I make my bowls out of Gaboon Ebony or African Blackwood now. Its density, resistance to rot and heat is second to none. For the main body, I can use anything from redheart, applewood, maple, and marblewood. As long as you've got a good piece it really doesn't matter, I don't think. Right piece for right job though. Go with what looks/feels right to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 To me, birch is kind of mid-way between mahogany and maple - not as dark / warm as mahogany, but not as bright as maple. Older wood often certainly does have a certain mojo to it... it's better quality wood (a lot of the really good stuff has been used up and not replaced) and it's had years and years of seasoning. IMO, it often makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 6, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 Lefort1 knows....crikey that is a lovely lot that! I like to think that old guitars have stories left that they need to tell, with the right kind of guitarist picking up on the vibe. The day I got my Broadway I wrote a sort of primitive bluesy sorta fiddle tune country cluckityfunktion ... Never done this kinda thing before, it came with the guitar.....and suddenly I can play slide like I mean it....yep came with the guitar . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 6, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2014 Do I spy a Broadway in the upper right in that pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Turd Furgison Posted February 7, 2014 Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 old cheap guitars are the best. if it ain't ply, i won't buy. (i think it is the formaldehyde they used to use in plywood that adds the mojo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 The Broadway is solid heat pressed birch not ply...the Teisco not sure but prolly ply moaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefort_1 Posted February 7, 2014 Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 Naw.... that's an old Patrician. Here's an old Broadway: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 Nice, yeah mine has a different style of lettering, more blocky, which I have read online means late 40's ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members travisbrowning Posted February 7, 2014 Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 I'm about to nab a Thinline Tele soon. I would love an old Harmony Rocket! Nice collection, Lefort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lefort_1 Posted February 7, 2014 Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 companyman wrote: Nice, yeah mine has a different style of lettering, more blocky, which I have read online means late 40's ... Yup, Mine has the 'Steel Reinforced Neck' stencil, which pegs it to the 50's, maybe 60/61-ish. I hesitate to show a pic of the entire thing...I did a CL-rescue from a drughouse...thought I might die in there, but the guy only wanted $35...It's (almost) the most scarred-up thing I've ever played. Not too bad from the front: But she's been rode hard / put away wet more than once: ...damn meth-head luthiers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 Damn did they use bondo? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-8 Posted February 7, 2014 Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 Old wood tends to harden and become more resonant over the years. That's the principle reason why old Stradavarius violins are sought after instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 7, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hey Phil you nailed it with birch being sorta in between the more traditional maple and mahogany, I am in love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted February 11, 2014 Members Share Posted February 11, 2014 Older wood often certainly does have a certain mojo to it... it's better quality wood (a lot of the really good stuff has been used up and not replaced hasn't had a chance to regrow as we cut down the planet's forests in a ferocious desire to sell millions of dumpster-bound Starcasters every XMas) and it's had years and years of seasoning. IMO, it often makes a difference. Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 12, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2014 Think I need to get a loaded pickguard for the Broadway, it will prolly sound battletits with a pickup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted February 13, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2014 I expected dick jokes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cryptosonic Posted February 13, 2014 Members Share Posted February 13, 2014 I'm only 38 dude Dick joke goes here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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