October 10, 2020 LINT Meeting

Save the Date!

Special Event!

Visit the Kinnaird Guitar Workshop in Nacogdoches, TX. 

Agenda:

• Sharpening demonstration led by Matt Jacobs. This will concentrate on cabinet scrapers, because they are so useful to lutherie, and there are a couple of secrets to getting a good edge.
  
• The main event will be a listening/discussion session. 
• • Our shop has built three test guitars with all ingredients identical except for backs/sides. One is mahogany, one is maple and one is rosewood. 
  • The purpose of the test is to identify--if we can--what differences there are in the tone, and what we hear (or think we hear) contributed by the different backs and sides. 
  • My hope is for a lively discussion of a tricky subject--sound. 
  • • Does rosewood really add sustain? 
    • Does maple always sound "thin"? 
    • Is mahogany always "dry"?
  • And then some discussion about what we're hearing, and just maybe how to describe it. Sound is like taste, quite difficult to put into words, but I hope to have some good back and forth on how to describe what we're hearing.
• Of course, there will be the nickel tour of our shop, as well as the essential show and tell. 
• Also, we're going to be giving away some wood, and letting folks paw through that. 
• And YES! We will have some Tunnel 14 tops for sale. Folks can just pay me, and I'll write the check for the whole sale.
• And Yes! (Now what would you pay?) We will be serving lunch. Barbecued brisket sandwiches with all the trimmings. 

So come one, come all! We should have a good meeting...even if you have to drive a bit to get here.