So proud to play a Maton guitar that went through this all process and helped the income of many workers 🤟🏼 #matonguitars

Had the privilege of spending a day in the Otways with Murray, truly a master with the chainsaw and a hardworking and skillful operator. Murray knows his trees and his countryside intimately. The impact on the forest was minimal and measured. Only the oldest trees are harvested as i understand it. Blackwood has a relatively short-lived the life span- around 70 years after which it dies and often succumbs to insect attack making it unsuitable for harvesting. I will never forget that special day with one of Australia's outstanding craftsman. Sincerely, Barry Kerr, Luthier, Woodtoneguitars, Australia

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

All true Barry, great skill in dropping a tree and not damage any others. We are going to film again with his son and document the whole process from dropping, cutting up and carrying out. The forest is lucky to have him....

@thatellipsisguy8984

5 жыл бұрын

Would dispute the lifespan under the right conditions (which the Otways should be ideal). Trees on my brother-in-laws place adjoining Tarrabulga National Park are 180cm and 25m+, with remnant stumps from last century 3m+

@andrewmeade6426

5 жыл бұрын

Most of the Otways is national park so not sure where you went to cut tree down. Maybe private property. Hope so. If not how does someone get to lop a blackwood and take it home from the forest. Just send me a slab maybe 10 x10 inches 3mtrs long and l' ll keep quiet. l ll even turn a bowl out for you as a thank you mate .

@johnbrady1211

5 жыл бұрын

That would make an awesome body for a naturally finished Stratocaster...

@andrewmeade6426

5 жыл бұрын

nice HX or maybe HZ kingswood station wagon with 253 V8... pull that trailer load no problem

Just my 2 cents for people complaining about the content of this Video: - If you watch to the end, you can see the end user of the timber is an established and reputable guitar manufacturer, do you really think they would source timber from someone who didn't possess a licence / have a knowledge in what they were doing? - Blackwood is a pretty expensive timber (at least for me on the west coast of Australia) so I highly doubt that what was taken from the tree in the video was all that was used from the tree. You saw the size of the trailer, obviously multiple trips would have been taken to recover the rest of it. Like Debra has already explained, this was just a video showing process, so not necessarily the final events that day (which most likely involved multiple trips back to the site, if not that day, in the following days).

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@demolitionwilliams7419

3 ай бұрын

Spot on. Shouldn't be hard to understand

That man could do open heart surgery with that chainsaw, a master at his craft, and those guitars are just beautiful.

Can’t believe Murray is still harvesting Blackwood from the Otways! Good on him for doing so. I met Murray in the 90s and bought half a trailer load of freshly sawn Blackwood billets which were originally destined for Maton guitars. I distinctly recall the cold morning we headed out - to a private property near the town of Forest, deep in the heart of the Blackwood country. It’s beautiful and green out there. Real rain forest environment. Trees are carefully selected before a chainsaw goes near them. The key is identifying trees with good colour, and better still fiddle back grain structure. I can attest to Murray’s harvesting techniques - minimal environmental damage as no heavy machinery is used, not even horses. Everything is hauled out on his poor shoulders. I reckon he’d have a bloody sore back each time he falls a tree. Blackwood typically grows in deep valleys and ravines so it is very hard work getting this timber out. Murray is well known to the instrument making industry here in Victoria - I know several guitar makers who use Murray’s Blackwood as the quality is super good. Good health to you Murray

@debrachant

4 жыл бұрын

and yes he has a sore back but we all suffer something from what we love...

@ishure8849

8 ай бұрын

G'day ricg, my grandfather was the forestry officer in Forrest in the 30/40s I'm running a Lucas Mill in North East Vic and my cousin is running one down in Tassie, he believed in selective harvesting.

Man, you have that saw tuned great! SCREAMIN'!

Skills. And just beautiful wood

Best video for in depth action by far!!!!!

Beautiful craftsmanship, love attention to detail, awesome skill with chainsaw also. Oh and beautiful guitars by the way.

This guy is a beast! I love this video.

Nice wood love how well the dude with the chainsaw milled it on site

Wonderful film, thx.

I love the smell of 2 cycle gas/oil mix in the morning. It's the sound of victory!

Great video great looking guitars

Pretty nice guitar, but I must say that was the most aggressive fret levelling I have every seen! Most luthiers do fret levelling carefully and precisely but I guess this guy has probably done this hundreds maybe thousands of times so it probably works out okay for him.i myself would never recommend a beginner try it like that because it is very easy to remove to much material to quickly. DO NOT attempt yourself if your not a expert or experienced luthier. Enjoyed the video.and looks to be a pretty well built quality instrument.

Wow ! That wood looks like it cuts like Iron and as heavy too !

Love the PPE !

It's amazing dirt and water can turn into that.

@TheMASDrummer

4 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, the tree is mostly made of air and water.

Love watching a MASTER with a chainsaw !! This guy knows his wood ! AWESOME video !

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Watching you cut off the sapwood made me cry…

Love this australian wood

Nice work sir,..

I want some! We have black walnut , juglans nigra and silver leaf maple, white oak, persimmon, black locust ( pseudo acacia) here in central Oklahoma. For soundboards we have Eastern red cedar. When I get some dried I will start the Oklahoma sustainable wood series

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

otwaytonewoods.com.au/species

Master with a chainsaw, but even with kiln drying that wood could not have been ready in a short amount of time? Beautiful instruments and some serious workmanship going into them , thanks for sharing this video.

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

thank you.... the tree dropped in the film is not the same as made into the instrument, but Maton use blackwood Murray Kidman cuts.

@rodney73991

5 жыл бұрын

im only guessing but think took vedio cut then later on took vedio of make gutters. i got wood lay around 10 years or more. one point every time cut fire wood if nice wood i cut least few boards for cutting boards and boxes..

@rum5812

5 жыл бұрын

A MASTER NOT NO HEMET AND YOU NEVER STAY AT THE STUMP AND THE PILLOW HAAAAAAAAAAA

@allhopeabandon7831

5 жыл бұрын

Vacuum kiln would dry it with little degradation or checking...those little pieces would only take a couple weeks to suck the water out at room temperature pulling 20+ inches of Hg. My question is where is this that its so tropical? The highway looks to be in the US...FL, AL or LA?

@allhopeabandon7831

5 жыл бұрын

AUSTRALIA!

The tree lives on.

Si cortas un árbol deberías sembrar (plantar,etc) 10 más

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

agree

Wtf he is good in saw, hats off 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Love it...

Love it

I never saw a Grenadill-tree this big!

@debrachant

Жыл бұрын

Hello Tjerk www.otwaytonewoods.com.au/pages/species-2

This is Australia so I would imagine that the cutting of a tree like this is carefully monitored . But who is around to notice ?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

trees are allocated by the Department of Conservation, so they know

@BeardALaCarte

5 жыл бұрын

Plus the Australian Blackwood grows wildly and fast, no one really cares when they get cut down

@missionron

4 жыл бұрын

A guy like this isnt doing ANY harm to the species. Its the otganized Chinese rosewood poachers thst are destroying the land.

@em4703

3 жыл бұрын

Yea the trees seem to be selected to be in their prime as in wood quality, but close to their natural demise (as in if a few years the wood would deteriorate anyway and the tree would become sick/die). It's visible how the wood in the video has a big crack in the middle, that will be a rotting spot in the years to come, so him cutting it down didn't put a negative dent in the specie's population as it was already on the path to it's death.

Hi Debra. How long does it take to dry this wood for use. Great video

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

thank you. roughly Murray air dries timber in a closed room for about 3 years in 2 inch planks, then machines movement out, and when Maton receives it they kiln dry for 3 months.

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

he also has wood air dried for longer you can buy from him if interested www.otwaytonewoods.com.au/

How old is the tree? It is important the guitars so made from the wood bring back life.

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

I think about 80 years

cool vid...somewhat cathartic. isn't this the brand guitar that Tommy Emanuel uses?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

I'm sorry for my ignorance I hope anybody can tell me what kind of wood is that besides Blackwood once again thank you very much guys God bless you

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

otwaytonewoods.com.au/species

Sweet...

How long does the wood have to sit for the moisture to get out of it, before you start using it to make a guitar?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

3 months at the factory, but Murray has his own stacked that air dries

There's nothing quite like the feel of a STIHL chainsaw!! They'll cut through any kind of wood like a hot knife through butter!

@debrachant

2 жыл бұрын

...operated with skill

Thsts what i need Few of does blocks To build my one pcs acoustic guitar.

Minimal destruction and very satisfying 👍

Hi Debra , may we get a piece for a special neck thru 10 string guitar i'm building, 60" x 5" x 5" so my log needs to be longer please and quarter sawn at the mill. those stumps your cutting are too short and stubby, it ruins it for necks.

@debrachant

4 жыл бұрын

otwaytonewoods.com.au/home This is the business website for contact

Do you own thís big tree ....Sir ?

i like your busness

Which Blackwood is this cause I look at the maton website Just says Blackwood It looks similar to walnut or Queensland walnut I found tasmainian Blackwood which has a lighter colour than this tree

@debrachant

4 ай бұрын

www.otwaytonewoods.com.au/

Where abouts in Vic was this? Otways?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

@DMSProduktions

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I thought it might have been. It DID look more like Tasmania! I knew it WASN'T The Dandenongs!

getting the blackwood with the kingswood haha good stuff

Takes a long, long time for a tree to grow. Looooonnnnngggg time.

@jamessonke4411

4 жыл бұрын

Whats your point? Let them all fall naturally and decay. Or use it for things that can be enjoyed for generations. Nothing is ever wasted depending on how you look at it. Food tossed into a landfill feeds insects and microbes and continue virvke of life

@danialexquande7813

4 жыл бұрын

U just watched a wrong channel i guess

What happened to the rest of the tree?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

useable timber carried out and heads decompose back into the forest

That should be enough for the neck. What are you making the top from?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

You will have to look at the Maton site to see what timbers they use for the top, my interest for this video was showing the process from a raw resource to a musical instrument

@paullanier8280

5 жыл бұрын

Chestnut

Savage man

nice walnut wood

did anyone notice that the tree did not go where he had notched it but to the right of that!

@northmanlogging2769

5 жыл бұрын

dutched the undercut, steered it off

Wow beautifully AWSOME,,,,,

My only question is, did he make use of the entire tree? Or, did he only use the small amount of wood that we saw him carry out of the woods?

@geemac7267

6 жыл бұрын

You're kidding, right? Of course he used as much as possible, else he wasted his time and effort. They make a lot of guitars and they will use every bit of that tree they can. That's how profitable businesses work.

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

it would be boring watching them carry it all out - very hard work!

@mickcarson8504

6 жыл бұрын

debra chant I'd better check guitars made from this fellow and his wood. Where are they sold and what name are they named?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

He sells the timber to Maton

@DMSProduktions

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing how people DON'T read!

That guy id good with a chain saw

Que madeira linda ,qual nome?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

'Blackwood' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_melanoxylon

Nice Chainsaw

btw Acacia melanoxylon is the botanical name. I am intrigued, 1974 model car with Victorian number plates. There are small portable mills to do this type of work, why a chain saw. Tas Blackwood does occur in Victoria and in fact a good way up the eastern sea board but logs like that are rare outside of Tasmania. The Maton factory looked much as it did when I got a tour in 1982; has it not changed? Both the billets and the guitar looked like Blackwood. There was no defect in the log? There was no seasoning process? I think on private land under some circumstance this may be a legal practice. These timbers can be purchased via normal commercial channels, that is from a timber yard. I know this from first hand experience. Something here just ain't right?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

otwaytonewoods.com.au/species

@craigdouglas9979

5 жыл бұрын

You may have got more money for that log to be sliced for veneer than you would for guitar backs and sides. How do you avoid end splitting in the drying process in all those short lengths. Most of the the Blackwood in Queensland is Sally Wattle, either broad or narrow leaf. I the 80s I sold trailer load after trailer load of it people who made kitchen doors. What an immoral waste of a finite resource. Why don't you offer other species, Myrtle or King Billy as sound boards? good luck, Craig.@@debrachant

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

You'll notice Murray taps the tree when he first walks into the bush, checking the resonance before he cuts.

Is this the Australian Blackwood (Tasmanian Blackwood)?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

Blackwood in Victoria, Australia

Where did u filmed it, country

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

Victoria, Australia.

@DMSProduktions

6 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@neilmcdougall3972

6 жыл бұрын

Acacia Melenoxylon

@DMSProduktions

6 жыл бұрын

Wrong thread?

Wow

How much for the big block of wood

@debrachant

4 жыл бұрын

You will have to discuss it with the business otwaytonewoods.com.au/home

What license that allowed you to cut live trees? Are you in Tas or Vic?

@debrachant

Жыл бұрын

it is a Victorian licence, the only one, to choose from an allocated lot for instrument making

Madeira Verde !!!

is there any way you could put me in touch with this man

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

otwaytonewoods.com.au/

@dylansadler4542

6 жыл бұрын

thank you

mate the bucking holden

I wish I could have been there. Ya, another wood nut.

@OTTO149x

6 жыл бұрын

+zippy I'm afraid a couple of days of that and my poor back would be shot. I'd be crawling around on the floor looking for the painkillers...

And how many guitars does he get out of a tree? Just asking for a friend.

@debrachant

2 жыл бұрын

lots - all blocks he cuts up onsite to measurement to book-match for backs and sides, and they are then cut to thickness (as in near start at Maton in video).

how long takes to dry that wood ?? ... 1 year ?? .... 2 ??

@wilmafingerdo279

6 жыл бұрын

oreg beer 1 year per inch thickness, if air dried. Kiln drying speeds that way up, maybe 1 inch per month. Looks like about 6x6 blocks so maybe 6 months for the lot

@ggvbeer4339

5 жыл бұрын

great . thanks

Dude has mad skills with a chainsaw.How long has he been in the bush?

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

his working life - a respectful master of the craft supplying instrument makers with quality timber that plays beautiful music

What kind of tree or name?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Acacia melanoxylon

11:30...I did that to the neck of my Martin D 28, scary but it played a lot better for it.

Kinda sad to see that giant ancient tree get cut down like that

@debrachant

2 жыл бұрын

always sad and confronting to see a tree cut down for furniture, instruments, building or firewood. you can be assured this tree has been selected with a lot of attention and care for the best tone wood and milled as efficiently as possible by a conservationist and artisan. turning that timber into a beautiful instrument by luthiers extends the life of the tree and the carbon is retained.

@amanthatthinks

Жыл бұрын

@@debrachant milled as efficiently as possible with a chainsaw 🤣😭

Where is this at ?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Victoria, Australia

Can anyone say who the supplier is that one may purchase some blackwood?

@debrachant

5 ай бұрын

hello Halcyon Guitars, this is the website www.otwaytonewoods.com.au/

@HalcyonGuitars

5 ай бұрын

@@debrachant Thank you. Coincidentally I’ve had a tab to that website open for over a year. I’ve sent them dozens of emails but they’re just not answering…

@debrachant

5 ай бұрын

i've sent a message, see if get a response after xmas

Where?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Victoria Australia

Is this in Melbourne?

@debrachant

4 жыл бұрын

outside of Melbourne, in Victoria

I'm here because of my Maton's

I thought it a movie about tree fellers, instead it was only one

Is this Acacia Melanoxylon ?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

otwaytonewoods.com.au/

@BeardALaCarte

5 жыл бұрын

Sawed and Aussie blackwood the other day, looks pretty much the same from what i can see

Best wood for a bonfire.

lol - that tree had enough wood for about 50,000 guitars.

@andrew719

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed! It seems a ridiculous waste of material. Surely they could add to the description above what happens to the remainder of the tree?

@marc_spence

5 жыл бұрын

You'd have to assume that the section they took was only one of multiple, working their way up the tree until the thickness and/or grain dispersement was unusable.

@leeminhoa9654

5 жыл бұрын

No, just 600 guitar

@chapre1974

5 жыл бұрын

And a drum set

@seroupavakian8703

5 жыл бұрын

Don Vanco l

Might want to join the Plumbers Union with all that crack in your video..lol

@debrachant

4 жыл бұрын

It was hard to avoid!

you didn't go into one of the most beautiful Force I've ever seen just cut down that treated I'm not even a tree hugger man that was just a beautiful Forest wow

And what scientific name of blackwood?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

A master with the chainsaw!.... otwaytonewoods.com.au/home

Rip trees...

And he didn't quarter saw the log and yet he got straight grains.

I feel sad...

Necesito una guitarra :3 , pero la pobreza ustedes saben :c

I HEAR NO BIRDS SINGING IN THIS WOOD!ROCKN ROLLY!

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

Too deep in the gully

Ambientalistas fazem a festa. Hahaha

Tasmanian Blackwood?

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

No Victorian otwaytonewoods.com.au/home

Uma madeira como essa ainda demora mais de 10 anos para ficar estavel.

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

showing process in film, not same timber as cut tree.... of course has to be dried and cured before make instrument

Is it legal ?!

@debrachant

5 жыл бұрын

Murray has a licence

@danangsaputra4263

5 жыл бұрын

debra chant 😂

Tree huggers please see Oregon, Washington, and California for what happens when you stop logging. Hint fire 🔥

@el34glo59

4 жыл бұрын

Oh Stfu. Are u serious right now.

miss my hometown when i hear that chainsaw sound.

Now you want to see blackwood?check out Mpingo wood from Africa

@thatellipsisguy8984

5 жыл бұрын

What’s the tone of mpingo like? Blackwood has a proven history as a tonewood.

@kevinkendall3122

5 жыл бұрын

@@thatellipsisguy8984 favored for tone & durability,some of the hardest wood on Earth,French clarinet maker uses it,can't think of the name right now but they had some issues with it exploding in the lathe while it was being made

@thatellipsisguy8984

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Kendall 'sounds' great then (sorry/not sorry!).

Make more guitars and cut more trees. Trees grow back.

I guessed was Australia with the Kingwoods

@debrachant

4 жыл бұрын

Spot on....

which species' name? because "blackwood" is a generic name, please

@debrachant

6 жыл бұрын

www.otwaytonewoods.com.au