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Of course it would have to be short scale model, with a Waterloo clear coat unbuttoned at the side port.

With regret,

Danny R. Little

Some of the lovely red Gillotine (sp)wood from France .
Help me Laurent !
Mc

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Definitely QS gopherwood from the the Ark's (Noah's--not the "of the Covenant"--not touching' that stuff!) keel. Of course, to maximize tone, I would also have to have nut/saddle material of Unicorn horn.

J

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michael propsom
www.propsomguitars.com

The big tree from the movie "Avatar". They did knock it down anyway so it's ok, right?

Ever so slightly off topic, but somehow belonging in this thread, I feel, twenty odd years ago I wanted to turn my second born child's milk teeth on the lathe and use them as fret markers.

My (since ex-) wife flatly forbade it, she deemed it gross. Me, I thought it was kind of neat, and not at all gross ...

Probably the ultimate application is George Rizsanyi's "Six String Nation" guitar, built using 64 historically significant Canadian materials, including Pierre Trudeau's canoe paddle, Nancy Greene's skis, Paul Henderson's hockey stick, Rocket Richard's Stanley Cup ring, deck boards from the Bluenose II, & on & on. Google it....it's a hoot!

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Dave
Milton, ON

How about Jesus' cross, George Washington's boat (Delaware), Noah's Ark, and the Spruce Goose to name but a few?

I would love to build a guitar using mahogany from "The Tree".

I would like to have built a guitar from sycamore from the tree my great-grandmother planted that was in my folks yard growing up.......over 3 ft diameter when it was hit by lightning. We pulled the trunk out to the edge of the pasture under an olk tree to rot. I recently checked on it and the log was rotted away.

Some of the early war planes were built using spruce frames (as I understand it). If the spar or other brace was large enough, it would be neat to build a guitar from red spruce from an early war plane.

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My grandmother had a giant walnut in front of his house. I always looked at it... But a part of my grandma's land have been expropriated for roadwork (a new highway). And guess what, both the historical house and the giant walnut tree were on this part of the land. Before I had the chance to cut down the walnut, they crushed and buried it under tons and tons of rock and asphalt.

But, there's still a giant sugar maple that seems to have awesome figures. It's there since before the land belongs to our family, so the tree certainly have over 200 years. And my Grandma' told me: when i'm gone, it's your's.

Francis

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Francis Richer, Montréal
Les Guitares F&M Guitars

Love to see the tree that made it!

I'm guessing that you are young enough that the obvious (to me) reference to Nazi human skin lamp shades, etc. was irrelevant to the coolness of the human bone idea. If I can imagine putting that history aside, then I understand the (slightly morbid) "coolness" of the concept. I still have the teeth my daughters lost when they were young. They were very fond then, of a book that told a story of a fairy who traded money for childrens' teeth that she cut into keys for her fairy piano. In that spirit, I applaud the idea of music made from (your own) childrens' teeth. It may take a few more years before human bones are generically "cool".

Oh, and I'd love to build a guitar out of wood from Joshua Slocum's "Liberdade".

In an attempt to turn this thread back toward a somewhat more meaningful vein:

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/tr ... 2%7C165594

Hey, Mike O'M. Re: wood from the cross. I don't believe it was wide enough to resaw for tonewood, but I'd bet it would make one righteous x-brace.

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michael propsom
www.propsomguitars.com

Maybe this:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1190625120080411

Although I obviously wouldn't want to be responsible for cutting it down, but can you imagine the growth rings?

Christian

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Hey Chris,
I guess i won't follow your advice. My apologies for my ageist assumptions, and gruesome comparisons..It was silly of me to try to guess your age. Please take it as a compliment that I was mislead by your youthful demeanor.

I look forward to your next guitar--with wood from Anne Frank's tree, and human bone nut and saddle.
-Eric

Eric,
The last line of your last post was the singularly most offensive thing that I've ever read on this forum.

+ 1 on that!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

I've got some pieces of human bone, found at excavations. They're about 1200 years old, but I wouldn't use it for instruments. Also Danny Marcovich gave me some pieces of mammoth ivory.

As you know: I work in Amsterdam, when we heard of the Anne Frank tree my colleague said the same thing. I hope they will find a good use for the wood. It will probably be too brittle for instruments, the tree didn't fall down occasionally.

I would like to use some wood from old houses or one of the Roman ships they found here.
There is also a piece of a beam from an old castle in the house of my parents. It's oak, but I will find a proper use for it.

As for now I will stick to some masonite and wide grained spruce from a pallet.

About half of the furniture in my home was built with Cherry from a tree that was cut from my Mom's farm, downstate Illinois. It sat in a barn for 20 years, in 3" thick rough-cut slabs, before she decided to let me have it. Here is a little something I made from it - a coffee table with a rubbed oil finish. I should make some guitars, too, I guess.

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Human thigh bone horn



Human skull cup for drinking


Both from " nice friendly holy and peace loving Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries."

Aren't us humans a piece of cake!

Now the Padma still has a few sets milled from the support beams of Genghis Kans yurt, 800 years old, Mongolian Spruce logged in the Gobie dessert. Stiff like Viagra. Very rare.

Serious inquiries only.


blessings
Padma

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Man has this thread gone South!!

Hope you two are done with the jabbin.

Padma, what is a yurt?

BTW, one could say someone is making a political statement and that is against the TOS. Just sayin, but go on as you see fit.

Maybe a tree Jefferson planted with his own hands? That would be pretty cool.

Headplates from the butt of one of Teddy Roosevelt's gun stocks (you know.. the pre-president badass Teddy)

Einstein's (or Feynman's) desk.

I am sure I could think of more.. but all of those would be cool.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

How about some wood from that boat discovered beneath Ground Zero?