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It is perfectly fine re- purposing that furniture! You should make a line of guitars called "Christine " with a special design

@Tony_Leonardi.

2 жыл бұрын

Love that

@Sammywhat

2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant idea!!

@TECH3_

2 жыл бұрын

Would love that

@briwood6328

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great idea 👍✌

@gabrielfort2574

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a dope idea!!!

Great story! I actually welled up a bit when Christine commented, "...and I'm very happy that this furniture has found a new home in the hands of a very able luthier!" and "I'm very happy it is now finding a new purpose being reused as musical instruments and I can't wait to see what Chris will make of it!!" Here here!! What a lovely lady and a wonderful find!! All the best to you Chris and Matt - I can't wait to see what you guys do with this either!! 💜

In the early 80s my brother built a house. He put in some nice hardwood a few years later. He picked out some Rosewood. The guy said you are lucky , you won't be able to get this stuff soon. He bought the last of this guys Brazilian rosewood..... yep. 3/4 inch 4 inch wide. All through his house. I had walked on it for years not realizing what it was. I gave him a real good idea what I all was worth.. he just chuckles... some very beautiful figuring too..

I think the craftsmen who made this would very much be happy to see and hear this wood sing through the hands of another craftsman.

I started playing guitar at 9 and bought my brand new, cherry red, LP Custom in 71 when I was 17. This was my 1st new guitar and I found out then that I needed to start a long term relationship (as a customer) with a luthier in San Jose CA. Their shop was called CB Perkins. It was owned and operated by an old man and either his son or grandson. Last time I went there the younger Perkins was still running the shop since the older fellow had passed on. They made all sorts of acoustic, wooden instruments, violins guitars, lutes, and others. The old guy was very proud of his shop and gave me the full tour. We'd often talk and I was amazed by their craftsmanship. All that to tell you his story about Brazilian Rosewood. It was shortly after I'd met him that he told me about this piece of wood that he was so excited about getting. This was probably mid to late 70's. But it was a huge chunk out of a tree, well over 12" diameter, possibly around 20". He told me all the tribulations he had getting that tree trunk. I thought he was getting some lumber, but no, this was a huge chunk of Brazilian Rosewood. I don't know when the sanctions on Brazilian Rosewood took place but all I know was he had a terrible time getting that hunk of wood. BTW - hiss granddaughter or niece would go to the beaches and find him abalone for insets. I always wanted one of their guitars but they were way out of my price range.

I have a Steinway vertical grand piano from 1871. SOLID rosewood everywhere, even what are basically beams along the base.

@gui-texzan7477

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Victorian-era Knabe upright grand (late 1880's) that is probably very similar to your Steinway. It weighs about 700 pounds; most of that is brass, but the Brazilian is SOLID and the soundboard is birdseye maple.

@karelenhenkie666

2 ай бұрын

​@@gui-texzan7477thats awesome, I thought soundboards were made from spruce? I make my bracing from old piano soundboards ( just the top of the line models)

I really love the way this story was edited and presented. Great work, Matt!

What a great concept and well considered and appreciated. So cool of you guys to go this route. Makes me excited for future projects. Thank you…

I am amazed at the reverence that you have for the craftsmanship that went into the source for your material. You two are a class act!

That’s so awesome. It’s so cool that you found that wood and can breathe new life into it.

This really a life changing moment for driftwood guitars and a great story behind it all! Can’t wait to see the creations!

Excellent. You guys made a good decision and made this into a beautiful story and video. I bet that even the guy who made that beautiful furniture would be proud of what his work eventually would finish into.

You guys are two legends!! Many people have made me want to make music but you are the first that have made me want to build my own acoustic guitar... Looking forward to future videos!!

You guys are awesome in the way you run your business and care about the resources you use. I love that you want people that buy the wood you are selling to share their stories. Good video.

Great story guys! I would love to see some footage of you processing the pieces please

Really like the video. You are giving this wood a second chance to be appreciated by sooooooooo many more people.

Seek and ye shall find! Congratulations! It’s awesome that this bedroom set will be making beautiful music in its future! Great job.

Today is my birthday and this video is one of the best gift I received today. Not only a wonderful story of Chris and Matt’s journey buying their gorgeous Brazilian rosewood but also knowing that I have found a reliable source to buy these spectacular wood. I’m currently making my first StewMac ukulele kit in my 7’x8’ plastic shed and my goal is to go up to building guitars and keep making them until I feel comfortable enough to make them out of BR and when it comes to my first BR set it’s gonna be from Driftwood (if still available). I’ll come back and keep this comment posted.

@DriftwoodGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, and enjoy the build! We'll be here when you're ready.

@quangly4482

2 жыл бұрын

@@DriftwoodGuitars thank you so much sir🙏🏻appreciate your reply and wish.

Great storytelling on this one y’all! Stellar intro & loved the map animation. Glad you both survived Cracker Barrel and lived to tell the tale ;)

So sorry to hear about your loss of gear. Matt you have probably already heard this but Anderson musical instrument insurance is who you need. I had my entire home ransacked. All of my gear, my Martin guitar and my recording equipment was taken. Now it is all insured for retail no matter where I am. The rate is not that bad. It’s 20k of gear for about $180 a year. Happy for you guys on the wood score, but best of luck on gear recovery!

@jordangunit3078

2 жыл бұрын

Also I have acquired new and better gear and guitars since, but the loss still hurts. Little to no recovery of the highest dollar items. Not like the police are working very hard to find it…

I think your entire plan is fantastic. It's pretty clear that there are very few people interested in the furniture, and Caroline sounded thrilled with the intended purpose for it. The transformation into countless guitar sides and backs is a spectacular repurposing of the wood, and your plan to make some of the materials available to other luthiers incredibly gracious, regardless the asking price. Great story!

Awesome story! I'm just glad that no one busted into the van and stole the furniture. Matt, you handled the theft of your precious equipment like a boss! True testament to your character!

Just found this channel so amazing. Thank you guys and looking forward to watching all your content and learning more about guitar construction.

Dang. Only a 10 sec clip of the wood. Was waiting to see it all

Great story guys. Congrats on your purchase. Can't wait to see the builds that come oujt of this ourchase. Am heading over to your website now to see the tonewoods.

I'm a 74 year old guitarist, born and raised in Jersey City,NJ.

EXCELLENT vid man! I actually emailed you not long ago about possibly getting some of your woods. I am glad you are willing to share! Thanks fellas!

I'm Brazilian, and here we also repurpose wood, recovered from abandoned states, old furniture and so on. There is some legal suppliers of new wood, from reforestation. But generally, if you search for "Jacarandá da Bahia" in mercado livre (similar of ebay in Brazil) you will find lots of timber repurposed from "demolição" (demolished houses) and similar. But a warning: is illegal to export, even recovered / savage / repurposed, neither the timber nor the finished products.

Thank you for this video. It has inspired me to no end. You guys are incredible people.

can't wait to see the beautiful stuff you make with that!

That was an awesome video and story. Thank you!

I love you guys energy and all your content. My new favoritechannel by miles! Cheers from Sweden!

Really good guys, your videos are a joy to watch ✌🏼

Love you guys… the more you share…. Thanks!

Great story! To comment on your video suggestion at the end, I would love to see you guys going out on adventures and getting your hands on these woods. Getting the whole story on the pieces and then repurposing them into instruments gives those pieces a soul I think. Your client gets not just a hunk of wood made into the instrument of their choice but, they get a piece of history that they tell all of the people that see that instrument. This would have sat in someone's bedroom never to have been seen but by the folks that got it and kept it as a bedroom piece. I agree with Christine that it could not have gone anywhere better. Especially knowing the contentious background of her relationship. That wood has soaked up all that but, now it gets to live on as something better that brings joy to people. I think that rocks!

What an Awesome story!! Congrats ! I know that beautiful Rosewood will turn into some Glorious Guitars !!

When I went to college 1000 years ago (actually 1970) a friend cut up a huge old black walnut bed (circa 1840) into parts for a single bed for his apartment. He dimensioned all the parts for the new bed so that they could be resawed into guitar backs and sides.

You lucky dog you. Just send some of that up my way. Good luck guys. Best tonewood in the world.

What an incredible story. Awesome job ya'll :D

Wow, that was quite the saga! It great that the wood found its way to you, and that Christina is happy knowing that it will be used to make fine guitars, etc. Gains easily won, don't give us the emotional connection that can be as valuable as the object gained. Those pieces of wood will be reborn, yet carry the story of their long journey to where they will ultimately flower into something wonderful. I'm looking forward to seeing their transformation. Thanks

Thankyou for putting out this video it is a very good one and very educational. Can’t wait to see what you build with it. As far as the people that are upset about it. There’s nothing you can do about those people. Music is a beautiful beautiful thing and brings so much joy. What you’re doing with it would will bring more joy into this world than a bedroom set any day of the week. God bless you guys and your future endeavors. I’ll be watching

Great story, guys. what an adventure! I kept waiting to see this beautiful furniture, but only got a high-speed glimpse at the end. 🤷🏻‍♂️ hopefully there will be more to come about the process of breaking it down. I’m not a luthier, but I do some woodworking, so it would be great to see your approach to the process of turning furniture back into lumber.

OK - Matt, sorry to hear about the pedalboard and cables. I'd be happy to help out on that as miniscule way to pay back some of the entertainment you guys provide me! Chris - congrats on the rosewood!

i think this is awesome, hearing Cristine's story, the memories she has, respecting the craftmanship of the furniturure maker like you guys do, re using wood and create wonderfull guitars that give people joy. looking foreward to see some of them :)

Congratulations! That's pretty awesome.

Congratulations!

Great video Chris & Matt

Awesome find. Congrats.

Very, very cool stuff guys!

Heck yeah I'm so happy for y'all

This is a fascinating story, and how incredible to come upon such a great supply of wood for years and years to come. It's always a bit sad to destroy the old furniture, but it's not a waste, and I really appreciate that. As tempting as it would be to grab some of the wood, I'm way too amateur in building acoustic guitars to spend those dollars for the wood. Maybe someday I'll be good enough... Maybe. Anyway thanks for sharing this fascinating story.

I think that repurposed things are cool. Like a buddy of mine had a huge kitchen table that was a barn door. I’m excited to see what you do with it.

I’ve been waiting for this vid.

Holy cow. Congrats! I can't afford it at all right now... but I really want of your acoustics. Beautiful work 👍✨

Oh wow!!! This is just awesome.

Could you make a video showing us the wood? I feel like we didn’t get enough shots of the furniture itself.

Great story very well told!!!

Such an awesome story. You got me looking online for Rosewood Furniture now. I'll have to get some of that from you for my guitar building. I just repurposed an old table for guitar bodies.

what a lady. and what a great story...

Absolutely loved this episode , Chris’s face when matts relaying the pedalboard story 🤣🤣😂😂 been there . Great work folks , who needs rosewood furniture 🤣🤣🤪. Bring on those instruments

Wonderful story - well done!

What an incredible story. Regardless of how you feel about the label, you have become a true “content creator “…in a good way.

I love the tale...and well told!

@jamesdonalfaulkner

2 жыл бұрын

I love your enthusiasm! But, much as I like the American expression "Holy Cow", I would have finished off the "September introduction" with "Holy Grail"! :-))

Awesome use for the furniture.. Great find..

I would love to see more of the wood. Using furniture made from Brazilian RW is a terrific use of the resource.

Wow what an amazing story

Hello from Seattle. You two are so impressive. Love the story telling. Maybe one day, I can afford a Driftwood Guitar........they are such beautiful instruments. Thank you.

Cool video. I’m from North Carolina but lived in the Brazil the last 5 years. That wood is a dime a dozen here so it’s wild to hear how difficult it is to find there. And it’s so awesome she got the furniture here in Brazil (and called it by it’s actual name). Really cool video guys. Love your work.

"Were you ever in a situation where you know the deal is good but you don't have money?" Dude, this is a story of my entire guitar collection 😂

What a great story! Glad to see that you're now providing tonewood. I just bought some Ziricote a month or so ago, and would have happily bought one of your pieces instead. I did pick up a bridge blank, though -- I'll love the fact that it will be connected to this story and this history.

@DriftwoodGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

I just saw the order! Thanks for that. We’ll get it in the mail tomorrow for ya.

@larrycoon3794

2 жыл бұрын

@@DriftwoodGuitars You ever think of putting a QR code in each guitar, next to the label? The link can then take the user to a page for that specific guitar, with any photos you have of the build process, your notes, etc. And in cases where there's a story behind the wood (this rosewood, the cocobolo, etc.) it can also link to the KZread vid. Would be interesting & useful for the original purchaser, and probably VERY useful for any future downstream owners.

@DriftwoodGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

That’s quite possible the best suggestion we’ve ever gotten on KZread. You sir, are a genius.

Great story! Can't wait to see the guitars. I'm not in the US, so it would be impossibly complicated for me to ever get one, but I'll enjoy seeing the builds.

Great story. I can imagine your innovative juices will be a lot more secure in the future for guitar building, because the fingerboard is so important. Have enjoyed watching and learning from you, thanks :)

Hay guys, I wish I would have known you were looking for Brazilian Rosewood. I have a garage attic full of the stuff I inherited 35 years ago that had sat in a barn for 100 years(crazy story). We had the movers haul it to (maybe I souldn't say) when we moved in 2004 when I finally realized what it was. So glad for your find. Well done!!!

@headamydick5909

Жыл бұрын

Are you able to get any of that wood back ? I need some for guitar building.

Was hoping for the grand reveal at the end showing the wood. 😮. Think what you’re doing is great, recycling and being good stewards of these natural materials.

Great find.

I’m half way through and have to comment. True friendship is the ability to poke the others wounds to help heal them

What a great story. I've no problem with you using this to make beautiful heirloom-quality instruments. Far better this, than someone who doesn't realise what they have chopping it up for firewood when they want a more modern bedroom suite. You will be using it to bring pleasure to many owners and, if they are used for public performances, could bring pleasure to thousands. I have an inlay suggestion for a fretboard that tells the wood's story - make the position markers look like ornate drawers, with the pearl dots representing the handles. You could even bookmatch the veneer used for the drawer fronts.

Would really have liked to have seen some close-up shots of the wood. I hope you are making a video showing the inventory of wood and how you plan to cut it to get the maximum yield for instruments.

Lovely story. Much respect to all concerned.

Thank you for doing your part to save the planet.

Great video!

Great story. A new life for special wood.

I WANT IN!!!! Now that I’ve watched the entire video…. What an important story to tell. And it’s just as import to pass this story along to the owner of the instruments that will be created. I will be playing this during the rest of my lifetime, however, my son will one day be the custodian of this story, and this guitar, long after Brazilian rosewood will be gone.

As we move forward, protecting the Old Growth forests are going to be paramount. That said, I LOVE old wood, and guitars! Reclaiming lumber is the way to go! There’s so much old wood out there. Refining it into beautiful instruments brings joy 🤩

Very cool!

I can’t think of a more nobler use of old furniture than making them into quality musical instruments. Instead of one person or one family enjoying the wood that barely anyone will see, it’ll be pride and joy of many people and many hours of use. Much better use than furniture.

Great story ! Very interesting ! Yes ! Use recycled wood. I regularly check out the thrift shops I once found a solid acacia cabinet at a thrift store for $ 25.00. The top was 2 x 4 ft. and 1.5 in. thick. Another time I bought a live edge walnut bench for $25.00. The top itself was 18 in x 4 ft. and 4 in. thick. We had a clean sweep in our community and someone threw out 8 large boards of exotic wood (cocobolo, purpleheart , and Ziricote). They left it by the road to be picked up in the clean sweep so it was FREE ! I often find some nice maple wood at thrift shops If you look around, there is a lot of it out there. Be Well, DZ

@catzdollz9810

10 ай бұрын

Awesome finds!

A great story!

where is the wood cutting vid.......?

There’s no better way to repurpose BR than making guitars! The wood will live on for generations. I need a BR OM28!

good for you

Christine was super cool!

Jacarandá, nice to hear people talking rosewood as his real name, at least for we Brazilians 😄

Great story! Do you have any photo's of the furniture you could share with us?

Wow, my dream! Wish I could afford that OM set…

Very entertaining clip 😁

I dont get it why some people are getting mad about re-purposing that wood as if like its just gonna be wasted, btw!. Im so excited for you guys to make a beautiful guitar again been waiting for months now about the guitar building series! Good luck guys!

Has there been any update on this? This is a great story, would love to see you using the wood in the workshop.

Wow you're from my area. Crazy