Two New Guitars Recent Builds

[@larryholland7192]

Great job!! Great sound!!

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked seeing them!

[@yRocismynamebackwards]

Way to go! Living your dream 🙂

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Yes, that is it! Exactly. Thanks for saying it!

[@kelleymandolins6519]

Nice work on the guitars brother Earl!! What a friend we have in Jesus is one of my favorites!

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Thank you brother, I much appreciate your comments. What a Friend seems to express the tones in my instruments and lets me know what they have got. Plus...I just like the song and tune.

[@jlmmag72]

Beautiful builds! Definitely have great tone.

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Thank you for sharing you comments. I appreciate it!

[@randysrhythm]

I prefer the pau ferro, but I’ll tell you Earl, I ain’t kickin either one of em out of the house, brother man 👍🏻 Beautiful playing and a shout out to the stand up as well.

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Thank you! thanks for commenting, much appreciated!!

[@rakeshanderson666]

Very nice!

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@markvonwisco7369]

The purple-heart guitar has a very balanced tone. I really like the clear bass on the pau ferro guitar. Both are beautiful instruments.

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Thank you! I sure do appreciate you sharing your opinion with me!!!!

[@andronikostheophilos]

I would truly like to see that Purple Heart guitar. The sounds really deep in bass. I like them both. And I am certain God will be glorified by their use! Actually, they both sound like a D-28 to me. Here at home, I was playing along with y'all on an Eastman E1D (Solid Sitka top with forward shifted and scalloped X bracing and solid Sapele back and sides). My inexpensive Eastman sounds more like a D-18. I cheated though as I just did simple rhythm strumming and made no attempt to do a Bluegrass style pick and strum of alternating Bass notes....which Gail does VERY well. BTW - Did you use a compensated saddle on either? You recently said you really liked the compensated saddle. This Eastman is compensated for the B string.

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

Yeah, it has got a lot of the old D18 Martin sound I think. I am quite pleased with it. But I could tell from that 1st one I built that the purpleheart wood has got some tone in it. I have another set waiting in the shop for a the next build, if I can get to it next winter.

[@andronikostheophilos]

@@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732 I would think Purple Heart would be denser than Mahogany? It certainly is an attracted wood. My brother used to be a cabinet builder, and I have watched him use Purple Heart many years ago. I was struck by how attractive it was. At that time (late 70s to early 80s) he told me it was an expensive wood.

[@earlsinstrumentsandtunes9732]

@@andronikostheophilos Yes purple heart is quite a bit denser and harder than most mahoganys. It is actually just a tad denser and harder than Indian rosewood. That hardness to weight ration is where it is at. Brazilian rosewood is a little less dense, but it is harder. and I believe that is what makes Brazilian so good. From what I can find out, Brazilian has got the biggest ratio of hardness per unit weight ratio. There is a lot of woods harder but they are also greatly heavier. Purple heart is close to Brazilian in this aspect. osage orange is also real close. low weight and high hardness = good sound, generally speaking. there are exceptions like butternut and sassafras which are almost as light as spruce.