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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
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11-24-2021 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by vcd33238
That video shows what the 1100 can do!! It's a relatively weak pickup and soars best with heavy strings that provide more vibrating steel mass. Wow!!
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It's good to know about Mr. Wu, now that Eastman is apparently cutting back on making archtops for a couple of years, to concentrate on solid-body guitars...
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Originally Posted by Marty Grass
BTW, it looks as if the control pot (almost) touches the top, maybe even takes the place of the usual support brace fixed to side-wall?
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Originally Posted by Marty Grass
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Can anyone post a video of the Wu? Can’t find too many on YouTube..
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Originally Posted by Jazz123
Edit - It may be the only one on youtube, to my knowledge.
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Is this also a Wu? I really dig the tone of that guitar!
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Originally Posted by Jazz123
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So what guitar is it? Such nice woody tone!
Last edited by Jazz123; 12-09-2021 at 04:42 AM.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Good sounding guitar indeed (and fingerstyle, yay ).
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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So that “orchid archtop” is also a Wu with extra cost in the wood?
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Originally Posted by Jazz123
Another dead giveaway is the binding on the f holes and the edges of the guitar. See how heavy it is? Wu didn’t do that.
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Originally Posted by 2bornot2bop
Doesn't China have its own sources of good tonewoods?
And FWIW, the carpenter who did some work for us told us that there are almost no sawmills left in France or even Europe; that all our nice trees are shipped of for sawing in ... China (possibly excluding those destined for the American market).
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Originally Posted by RJVB
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Furniture and paneling. The end point of most nice maple. I’ve sat in board rooms staring at the most incredibly beautiful table tops. Table tops! Oh well.
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Well, at least it isn't lost for lutherie in there - if it's actual solid maple and not a very realistic artificial veneer
After all, some very good builders are making gorgeous guitars out of Tunnel 13 and 14 redwood and I'm pretty certain I've already seen guitars with B&S made from old oak tables.
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Circle of life lol
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For sure China has nice European tonewood, a friend of mine is in the violin business , told me all the major European tonewood supplier are shipping the majority of their wood to China, since now most string instruments are made there. The higher end wood usually acquired by more skilled makers/workshops…while the mediocre makers still use Chinese wood.
Based on the video, the orchid has a much deeper, warmer, and acoustic tone than the Wu. I think besides the back, the age of the top is probably much older on the orchid..
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Does make you wonder where the major EU lutherie schools (Mittenwald, Cremona, Mirecourt) get their wood from.
I've been interested in buying a Dowina guitar some time ago, and still follow them on Instagram (yep...) because they're worth it. I think they get at least part of their wood from source(s) in Spain. The question is of course how long those sources have been storing the wood. I suppose even the lowliest builders in China don't use wood that was cut too recently (no idea how many years we're talking).
One head, two cabs.
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