Tom Sands is renowned for building some of the world's most responsive guitars.
Since apprenticing for Ervin Somogyi, Tom's taken his talents to North Yorkshire, England, building custom acoustic guitars from the Tom Sands Guitars workshop. Subscribe to the channel for weekly videos ranging from Tommy’s Tonewoods, Guitar rundowns, to beautiful live sessions from independent artists. Join the community here, we love ya x
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Beautiful! The guitar sounds great!
Lovely music Katie -thanks
Tom, can you tell me what was the Rosewood used on the neck and bridge? I am trying to imagine what this might be like with a Maple B&S with a Redwood top (which I am hearing in my head) .. even with a super vibrant Redwood like Lucky Strike. Thanks, John Gig Harbor, WA
Oops, now I see it was Honduran Rosewood. Thanks😜
The first acoustic: what a GREAT guitar! Crisp sound, lot of clarity, plenty of overtones. Pricing?
The Julien Sublet sounds even (I agree) stunning! Nice lower tones! Looks amazing! The organic one: sounds unic! Like a fretless one? The Tyler Robbins? I want one! (Almost wouldn't dare to play it. Wouldn't feel worthy). An instrument for a museum or for a great player and performer, whoever that migt be ... Sound and tone? Flawless...
Can you give on glueing the joints on cocobolo. Never worked with it before. Great video thanks
I have several myrtle sets waiting to be built...the first one was pretty green in color (I named it Kermit) and I paired it with a Port Orford Cedar top which I think I left too thick. POC is stiffer than Spruce, and I am curious to see how a thinner spruce top or perhaps a redwood top would work. Kermit IS beautiful, with great figure so I look forward to using those other sets!
Is it possible to use like a trim router to shape the neck? I'm wanting to make full solid body (all one piece) guitars as art. Not an actual functional guitar. I've got everything else figured out, it's just the shaping of the neck. Any help from anyone would help greatly!! Love your videos as well.
This is a good idea brother. Why not try to put Glow in the dark inlays on sides or on fretboard, I will love to see a guitar with that. Hopefully this will work on the market for better playing even in the night or camp without proper lights
This is SO Good, I play it at least once a day. FANTASTIC Katie !
I wanted to like ziricote. Impressive visuals. Good sustain, but seemed to lack overtones compared to other rosewood types.
Bridge pins that resemble planets! A stroke of brilliance
Beautiful technique and execution. Respectfully, I'd love to hear Tom perform this on a Classical guitar.
what's the guitar? awesome looking. the playing is second to none too
It’s one of ours, a tom sands Model L🕺
I love the notch on the sound hole and the body. Very cool.
What if i dye bubinga top?
Adrian Lucas uses DF in many of his fabulous guitars.
Exquisite guitar and tone. What a treat to hear Katie play it.
a beautiful guitar! Katie is a fantastic musician!
Katie has honed her talent to the highest level. Thanks so much for sharing this. R.
Stunning guitar, brilliant performance.
I miss African Blackwood
Explanation at the end of how the neck & bridge influences the sound was great. I had heard that before in relation to the bridge but didn’t realise the neck would affect how the whole instrument would vibrate and potentially drain the energy the guitar needs to generate sound. I can bore people down the pub now with these facts. “Hey lads…” 🤓
I am assuming it was naturalized to use as a tone wood? If it isnt edible, whats the point otherwise?
It’s a native species
Magnificent dry, woody sound; powerful too!
Beautiful, thanks!
That flat board with sandpaper! Of course! OMG, so simple and obvious once one sees it!
What led you to naming it "Lady Triệu"? Is it after the historical figure or the gin brand?
Link? Brand? Interesting marketing technique.
Hey, the guitar and the pieces sound incredible! Are these full recordings for these pieces available anywhere to watch?
So Beautiful Voice & Excellent Guitar playing
One of my favorite players at CAAS years ago. Would be great if he could make it again sometime.
What do you think about a koa top paired with cocobolo back and sides?
I think maple bodied acoustic guitars are good birch is very underrated too
Did you ever listen to the tones of the Martin SuperD? Many say the Guat RW sounds awesome. So difficult to pull the trigger in it.
Did you ever listen to the tones of the Martin SuperD? Many say the Guat RW sounds awesome. So difficult to pull the trigger in it.
SuperD
What about the super D?
any comments or experience about using the light coloured sap in the middle? Or would you mostly leave it out?
I think it can add a really nice visual interest, so long as it’s structurally sound, there’s no reason not to use it.
Beautiful grain, I would love to know what the "Magic Spray" is... water, naphtha?
Yes, it’s naphtha
Brazilian rosewood is the best wood that you can buy for guitars.. nothing can beat Brazilian rosewood.. I have 3 guitars made of Brazilian rosewood and I can say they are incredible sound.. I say that they easily worth like 5000 euros..
Made by whom?
Enjoyed that very much Tom. Useful tips to boot :) And yes 'organic' is the word. CNC built guitars to me just don't feel right - 'sterile' Some lucky person will love playing that I am sure. Well done fellow. John.
Cheers John!
If that fretless bit of the fingerboard that goes over the regular frets is detachable that's really cool. It's cool to begin with, but the idea of being able to just clip on an accessory to make some or all of a regular fretboard into a fretless instrument is really inspiring. I don't think that you could change it in the middle of a gig, but it's a really cool idea that would make fretless instruments much more accessible, as well as permitting the use of modes that fall outside of 12tet (for instance, you could authentically recreate melodies and chord voicings from Arab musical traditions that are currently not available on western instruments)
I’m not actually sure but you should check out his website! Amazing guitars
Eww not a tobu song
What
I think it would be more interesting if you did the listen test without knowing what the configuration is. I wonder if your observations would be the same.
But awesome episode, I should say. In keeping with the high quality of all the videos on the site.
Yeah, maybe one for the future. Which did you prefer?
I think my favorite was the maple/ rosewood
I want the Canna! Where can I order one? Seriously.
I’m google will tell you quicker than I could!
@@TomSandsGuitars I found their website and they are actively selling! I'm def going to get a Cann Jazz. I have fallen in love again 😂
@@Dreamamine_THE_ONLY_REAL_ONE glad to help!
Visually my favourite tone wood. Brite, but not too Brite sound. Real nice sets are hard to find.
Yeah it’s amazing to look at!
This is Tasmanian (Australian) blackwood not african blackwood. It is a species of acacia just like KOA, it is considered the ancestral species of KOA. Low frequencies sound better on australian blackood.
Who said anything about African Blackwood?
@@TomSandsGuitars Sorry. It was not for here that I wrote. I bought a Cort Core OC all solid guitar (blackwood). It sounds terrible from the factory. I had to make changes to it and now it sounds really good, different from everything I have. For example, high frequencies have no shine, overtones. I used 2 drilled brass pins for high E and B and now it's much better. Under the saddle pickup kills the sound
Just a most beautiful song - love this!
Incredible performance isn’t it
I wish we could share some knowledge some day, some video. I’ve been nerdy about tone woods for 30 years and it’s rare to find a fellow nerd. Can we talk about torrefied tops? I know the real deal story about how we approach tops, bracing, and historic features. It’s no secret!
It would be great to connect
I wish we could share some knowledge some day, some video. I’ve been nerdy about tone woods for 30 years and it’s rare to find a fellow nerd. Let’s tawk…
Time zones make it tricky to call but you can always message me, you have my number 🙏
I had the opportunity to examine a pile of Sinker redwood tops aside of Adirondack AAA spruce tops. We started tapping tops and we all looked at each other with smiles. The redwood was just so responsive in every way. Hands down, redwood really surprised me.
Yeah I build with it a lot. Probably more than anything else honestly!