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Dave Fifield
 Post subject: Sinker Redwood Source?
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I have a couple of potential customers that want guitars with sinker redwood tops.....anyone know where I can get some? All I have in my stash are a nice pair of ancient redwood tops that, as it was told to me, came from the joists of an olde barn that was torn down on a ranch up in the Santa Cruz mountains.

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Hey Dave,

Allied has some sets: http://www.alliedlutherie.com/weekly8.htm

10% off too until tomorrow.

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Mike_P wrote:
http://www.luthierscooltools.com/

actually, he's now a sponsor!


Thanks Mike,
Yes Rick has Sinker Redwood and has been an OLF sponsor for quite a while now, since March of this year!

Here is a set I have gotten from Rick,
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Filippo that is gorgeous!

The sound port is very artistically done as well!

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I have since gotten my own sinker sets but this is one I got from Rick.

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Wow, nice guitars chaps!! I love the stripy look of the sinker redwood. I can see why people are asking for it now. Thanks for the pointers - I'll give Rick a shout first.

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Dave Fifield wrote:
I have a couple of potential customers that want guitars with sinker redwood tops.....anyone know where I can get some? All I have in my stash are a nice pair of ancient redwood tops that, as it was told to me, came from the joists of an olde barn that was torn down on a ranch up in the Santa Cruz mountains.

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Dave we will be listing some gorgeous sinker redwood sets tomorrow and Sat.

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I got a sinker redwood top from Tom Thiel at the ASIA Symposium that he said came from Rick. It looks a lot like the one Lance shows here. The tap tones are UNBELIEVABLE. Unlike anything I've ever heard in a top. Very much like a rosewood, actually - a very glassy ring, very lively, very musical, very... WOW. I would think it would make quite a difference in the tone of the finished guitar. I haven't yet played or heard a guitar made with this stuff. What are you guys hearing in the guitars with these tops?

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Dave we will be listing some gorgeous sinker redwood sets tomorrow and Sat.


Don't see 'em Bob.....got a link for me?

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Dave we will be listing some gorgeous sinker redwood sets tomorrow and Sat.


Don't see 'em Bob.....got a link for me?

Cheers,
Dave F.


Sure thing Dave

http://www.rctonewoods.com/sinker_redwood.shtml

a couple of examples

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