Oni Guitars

[angus]

I was just replying to Brutalizer about lacewood.

 

[bostjan]

I was just replying to Brutalizer about lacewood.

Ahh, I see.

I've only played one lacewood guitar. It had active pickups in it, but it sounded fine to me.

Actually, I did play another, acoustic guitar with a lacewood body and it kinda sounded dull, but I just thought it was because I love bright tone.

 

[BRUTALIZER GUITARS]

I believe the Oni in question is actually "Silky Oak" or Grevillea robusta, not so? Not related to American Lacewood nor to the Sycamore tree.

I dont think thats Silky Oak the Oni really really looks more like Lacewood In color and grain patern from what ive seen silky oak has less grain figer and checks, where as the lace wood I picked up Blends bang on to the oni

BUT I did a few tap tests and im woried about the resonant qualities it just seems a bit dead but its really sexy wood so maybe I'll do a black walnut top and neck and that will bring out the Sound

 

[Qucifer]

I just placed a deposit on a new Oni 8 last week.

 

[petrucci_dude]

^_^ My deposit should be going down around September/October (if Daniel agree's to make what I've asked for, or if he proposes an idea I like the sound of hehe).

 

[dpm]

Shit, sorry for slacking off on this thread guys, I've been organising something.. er... interesting

Regarding Lacewood and that particular guitar, it's made from what's known as Silky Oak in Australia aka Australian Lacewood to Americans. I don't know if it bears any tonal resemblance to north or south American Lacewoods, or anything else known by that name. It is however great sounding stuff, very resonant. Similar to Alder, light Ash, Padauk etc. For mushy sounding wood think Basswood Hope that clears that up. The figure varies considerably depending on how it's cut. Quartersawn exposes the lace, flatsawn looks ordinary. There could be some variation in tone depending on figure as the dark lines are hard and the light patches soft. It could also be that we export the reject stuff and keep the best for ourselves You should see how crap the Rock Maple stocked in Australia is. I get 10x the quality at a better price by ordering that stuff direct from the USA.

 

[technomancer]

Could it be the long-rumored website?

 

[dpm]

actually it's not It's more magnetic in nature

 

[technomancer]

Onipups?

 

[dpm]

Looks like you've found me out

Onipups - I like that....

I'm getting a winder together and have a bunch of custom magnets on the way. It's a lot of stuff to organise but will let me experiment more readily with different 'recipes'.

 

[petrucci_dude]

WOO!

 

[ohio_eric]

Onipups! FTW!!

Actually given the nature of the instrumetns you build , making your own pickups makes a lot of sense. Good luck.

 

[technomancer]

Imagine a jingle sung to the Chordettes song Lollipop

Onipups Onipups
Oh Oni Oni Oni
Onipups Onipups.....

 

[dpm]

so wholesome...

 

[noseminer]

I plan on getting one of these babies too! But I don't know exactly what I want yet...

 

[dpm]

BTW, anyone who has emailed me in the last week - I had a computer issue and won't be able to get into the drive with my mail on it until maybe tomorrow. A quick email so I have your address again would be great. Thanks!

 

[Scott]

Bump.

Did you ever get pics of the completed Oni bass you made?

 

[dpm]

I'll be getting hold of that bass again soon, and I will get photos this time. Another one I missed taking good pics of was a quilt maple/rosewood 7. Stupid me completely forgot

Public service announcement - I'm moving this weekend and may not have proper internet access from Sep 28 - Oct 6 so email replies may be delayed.

 

[bostjan]

Moving? I hope that's a good thing.

I'd love to see this bass of which you speak. Has anyone ever asked about a multi-scale fretless bass? I wonder how that would effect technique.

 

[dpm]

oh yeah, it's a very good thing. The new place is just down the road so it should be pretty easy.

I've contemplated fretless multiscale. My thoughts are that if you play a multiscale bass alll the time it wouldn't be too difficult as your hands would have that 'map'. Jumping from a standard fretted bass to multiscale fretless might be another matter.