The truth of the forest ignite

By Anthony Smith Jr

The Truth of the Forest

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where dreams of rock and roll come true...

...If you can afford it

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mmaammaa

Maple

Indian Rosewood Mahogany

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Deforestation...

...Leads to “Un-sustainability”

Don’t be this guy

All Koa wood guitar collection owned by one guy

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Brazilian Rosewood- Endangered

Mahogany - Cheap, doesn’t sound

as good

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East Indian Rosewood...

... is the best replacement to Brazilian but faces the same sustainability issue

The Martin D28 is the most sought after

guitar today...

...because of it’s sitka spruce top and east

indian rosewood back and sides

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For perspective of how precious these

tonewoods are...

The FBI raided the Gibson guitar

factory for importing woods

illegally

Guitar Saddle’s...

...were once made with Elephant Ivory

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Man made ivory saddle called Tusq...

...was used as a replacement

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Ebony used for finger boards were almost on the brink of

extinction

Ebony with streaks...

...considered not ideal...

but is the truth of

the forest.

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Only two out of twenty ebony trees

are all black...

... but they must all be cut down to

find out which ones they are

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We now have 20 times the ebony we

thought we did

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Guitars have always changed for better or worse...

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Many choices of wood to choose from

Without sacrificing quality or environment

Educating future musicians...

...is the only way to create a sustainable

future

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Not just for guitarist...

...but for all

musicians sake

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...Teaching a whole new generation that Koa

guitars are cool...and

sound good too!