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266307 | "Cal Meier" <calmeier@s...> | 2018‑08‑07 | The bones of NewYork being turned into guitars |
Hi, The following showed up on CBS News this morning. But, it appears that if you do a search you can find links going back at least 6 years about this shop. One or more people are making guitars from the wood they have salvage from old buildings that have been long gone or are now being torn down. Apparently when you can state that the wood in the guitar came from a certain semi-iconic building (the Beams and Boards have names on them) they multiply in value. Also, when famous people play the electric guitars, the audience/demand for them grows. The video I saw showed some parts of acoustic guitars hanging around on the walls, but most, if not all, of the guitars the man was making appear to be electric. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carmine-street-guitars-made-from-old- bones-reclaimed-wood-new-york-city/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carmine- street-guitars-made-from-old-bones-reclaimed-wood-new-york-city/ I endorse the idea of this gentleman making a living from his collected inventory of very old and dry wood. I also smile at the thought of having his 92 year old mother still in the shop taking orders. Hope they can get along. Down deep, I think there are other people out there in New York also salvaging at least the big pieces. Reclaiming wood is not limited to the old barns and abandoned homes of the rural and (sometimes) urban South. Take care, Cal Meier Central Louisiana |
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266309 | Dragon List <dragon01list@g...> | 2018‑08‑07 | Re: The bones of NewYork being turned into guitars |
Cal, I picked up, back in 2004 or so, a metric crapload (a whole lot, Jeff) of Douglas fir beams, 4" x 14" and 4" x 18", from 5' to 16' long. So far it's made one workbench (step forward, Brian Ward), is making another (step forward Paul Gardner), our fireplace mantle, some exposed structural work in our house, and a couple chunks have gone to a bass builder/rebuilder friend of mine. These were apparently floor joists from an old (pre-1906) San Francisco warehouse that had been torn down. So reclaiming old wood even happens out here, where we've only been around not quite 200 years. We here in Santa Cruz also have a local company (Ventana Surfboards, https://ventanasurfboards.com/) making beautiful boards, real works of art, from reclaimed wood. I haven't looked lately, but a couple years ago they were touting the source(s) of their boards' wood as a selling point...the historical, heart connection to the place from which the wood had been used. Not a bad idea, but what would Todd Hughes say about "paying for the story"? And, in fact, it's not just wood. Our boardwalk just took down its Ferris wheel, and one of our local blacksmiths snagged a number of pieces of what they were otherwise going to haul off to scrap metal recycling. Its covering of lead paint is going to present him with a problem, but after solving that he'll make something magical out of the pieces. And no doubt he'll bring their origin into the equation, either from a design, or marketing, standpoint, or both. It's a big old world out there...(re)using what we've got is the only way we're going to continue to be able to make. Best, Bill Felton, CA |
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266310 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑08‑07 | Re: The bones of NewYork being turned into guitars |
Everybody has a gimmick - his is pretty interesting Ed Minch |
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266313 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2018‑08‑07 | Re: The bones of NewYork being turned into guitars |
I like it, but it doesn't seem unusual at all to me Practically everything in my life used to be something else. Part of an old tool or machine, part of an old building or bridge. How else? My little porch pergola has pieces of old bridge timbers from the town park, and part of Benny Vincent's truck garage. Roof sheeting from one of Frank Prindle's mill slave shacks (across-from-the-mill rentals). Piano parts abandoned in my son's garage and Les Stewart's old water bed frame, just off the top of my head. http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/auction/rafters14.jpg yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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266317 | gary may | 2018‑08‑08 | Re: The bones of NewYork being turned into guitars |
Here's Bill Kirchen demonstrating his NYC reclaimed pine Carmine street tele, with Dan Erlewine and just generally being a cool guy. https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=w5Rfv0dQttM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Rfv0dQttM How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one cares for none of them! Jane Austen From: Ed Minch |
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266318 | paul womack <pwomack@p...> | 2018‑08‑08 | Re: The bones of NewYork being turned into guitars |
Cal Meier wrote: > The video I saw showed some parts of acoustic guitars hanging around on the walls, but most, if not all, of the guitars the man was making appear to be electric. The story says: "For more than half a century, owner Rick Kelly has built the electric guitars." As Les Paul proved, you can make an electric guitar from any-old-lumber (or glass, or perspex, or concrete!) Acoustic guitars need far more specific woods. BugBear |
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