Dæmoness custom 6-string Cimmerian progress shots (laaaavly)

[Customisbetter]

It's just dawned on me.... Redwood? What are the ethical connotations of obtaining that kind of timber?

I'm not an expert on the subject, but i believe most of the redwood available to mortals is very young and designated timber from birth.

 

[MF_Kitten]

looking it up on wikipedia, redwood is a name attached to a whole bunch of trees of different families, and across two species, many of them far from extinct. it depends on what tree it´s really from.

 

[Mattayus]

That explains it! It did confuse me for a sec there Not that I was gonna go all "eco" on anyone but it did intrigue me

 

[-Nolly-]

The redwood that Dylan uses is reclaimed

 

[Mattayus]

How do you mean? Is it anything like chicken nuggets are "mechanically recovered?"

 

[-Nolly-]

How do you mean? Is it anything like chicken nuggets are "mechanically recovered?"

Haha, no, in this case it was actually recovered from a valley flooded to make a hydroelectric dam in Canada. It's pretty cool actually, they use a remote controlled submarine with a chainsaw to fell the trees:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/underwater_lumberjacks.php/

 

[Customisbetter]

well i followed that link hoping for a badass video with robot submarines wielding chainsaws, and was faced with a monstrous fucking spider instead.

 

[-Nolly-]

Fuck, link fixed!

 

[Customisbetter]

Epic.

I need to start hording some badass wood for later.

 

[Roo]

fuck that is hot.

I've certainly going to set down my 6 designs soon so I can deposit when I get a new job!

 

[Ben.Last]

There's plenty of legally obtainable redwood.

 

[misingonestring]

 

[narad]

but I realised the other day that even though I'm pretty set on just about every spec, there's no way I can put the money down for a build until I've worked out what inlay to go for. Blank boards or subtle inlays look fantastic, but when you've got someone like Dylan working on the guitar it seems a total waste of time not to go for one!

Exactly how I felt, but you're probably better served throwing down a deposit and working an idea out with Dylan. I don't know about you, but he's way better at the creative aspects than I am, and now that we've pieced together an idea (that will likely be its own thread here in a couple months) I can say that I'm glad I didn't wait any longer than I did!

 

[Raoul Duke]

That inlay is amazing man

After a week of no SS.Org, I'm glad there is alot of new guitar porn to look at upon my return

 

[Mattayus]

Haha, no, in this case it was actually recovered from a valley flooded to make a hydroelectric dam in Canada. It's pretty cool actually, they use a remote controlled submarine with a chainsaw to fell the trees:

Submarine Lumberjacks Harvest Underwater Forests : TreeHugger

That's badass man, I have a hard-on for nature lately and that's some really well thought out recycling right there.

There's plenty of legally obtainable redwood.

I don't give a fuck if it's legal I just wanted to know how it was obtained and/or if it was ethical, in a loose sense of the word.

 

[-Nolly-]

Went over to visit the Dyl-meister this afternoon, mainly to check the neck profile before the neck is glued in. Suffice to say it feels pretty fucking amazing. Knowing my preference, Dylan took his standard profile and thinned it out just a tad, leaving it at around 18.5mm at the nut. It doesn't feel as insubstantial as that measurement may make it sound though, it's still got lovely smooth shoulders with just the right amount of flatness to the back.

(Note that the Hannes bridge in some of those photos isn't the one that will be on the guitar - mine will be chrome)

 

[Lewk]

That's gonna be fucking exceptional

 

[Prydogga]

And here goes another Daemoness thread I'm subbing to

 

[Customisbetter]

So clean.

 

[-Nolly-]

Also, check out the fretboard on this guitar Dylan's building for himself:

Quilted maple is generally regarded to flimsy to use as a fretboard, but since it's a personal guitar Dylan doesn't mind the risk.