Show your wood

I think I can include my Lignum drums .. still in progress :

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Enjoy :p !
 
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I think I can include my Lignum drums .. still in progress :

476507_3634031020748_1573362158_32844649_1811724759_o-1.jpg


Enjoy :p !

Do they have any stain on them, or colored oil? This is a tricky area. All oil will darken the wood to some extent, but some oil tends to alter the appearance more than others. The goal if this thread is to show drums with as natural a finish as possible - certainly no stain, and the least amount of artificial coloration as possible.

Where do these drums fall on the spectrum?
 
Do they have any stain on them, or colored oil? This is a tricky area. All oil will darken the wood to some extent, but some oil tends to alter the appearance more than others. The goal if this thread is to show drums with as natural a finish as possible - certainly no stain, and the least amount of artificial coloration as possible.

Where do these drums fall on the spectrum?

I believe there's no oil involved, just coloring and varnish ... it really doesn't affect the sound in any way !

Birch in the natural way is way too light for me :).

My interpretation of this thread was all solid wooden drums, finish whatever.

Sorry to fail in your opinion !
 
I believe there's no oil involved, just coloring and varnish ... it really doesn't affect the sound in any way !

Birch in the natural way is way too light for me :).

My interpretation of this thread was all solid wooden drums, finish whatever.

Sorry to fail in your opinion !

The first post in the thread tried to make it clear that the thread was for natural finish drums - no staining, minimal or no changing of the color.

This thread is for sets with natural wood finish - no stains, colors or fades. Varnish, lacquer or sealant is OK, but nothing that changes the color. Just show your wood, the way nature intended.

Sorry to be unclear about the purpose of the thread in your opinion. There are many threads for drums with stained finishes and this is the only one for drums with unstained, natural wood finishes.

Having said that, you have a beautiful set of drums and I encourage you to publicize them as much as you can.
 
The first post in the thread tried to make it clear that the thread was for natural finish drums - no staining, minimal or no changing of the color.



Sorry to be unclear about the purpose of the thread in your opinion. There are many threads for drums with stained finishes and this is the only one for drums with unstained, natural wood finishes.

Having said that, you have a beautiful set of drums and I encourage you to publicize them as much as you can.

OK .. copie ;) !

Thnx
 
Uniongoon...It is the same stuff from which they build telecasters. Could be white ash. The tone is fantastic, (though not as twangy as yout typical tele ;-)). The wood makes for great drums however. sizes are sn: 13x5, toms: 12x6, 14x8, 16x12; bass 20x16. Snare and rack toms are ~3/8" thick and the ft and bass are ~1/2 inch thick.

They look fantastic perhaps they are green ash or as you call it swamp ash the green ash around here grows in wetter areas usually with soft maple the white ash grow in mixed hardwoods..Ask your supplier where it came from....I commend your work....
 
Although this post is bereft of pictures :(, just thought I'd share a bit of wood joy. I spent a day at our favourite wood supplier's warehouse. Wow, just wow! This guy goes off travelling to far off places every couple of months. He goes to inspect woods on location before agreeing to ship them back to the UK. He also goes off wood hunting with no pre arranged schedule. Just ferrets around Africa, South America, Scandinavia, etc & see what comes up.

Anyhow, I was surrounded by the most stunning selection of woods from every corner of the globe. Some of them were super expensive. Not because of any endangered species classification, but because of their sheer quality. Some of the figuring I saw in the most mundane of species was mind blowing. All in all, I was immersed in natures beauty. She had assembled her best art collection for me to view. What a day (expensive day too, ahem)! After spending my time carefully selecting boards with my Guru partner, Dean Price, I was left wondering why the hell anyone would wish to stain or otherwise "embellish" such natural beauty. Soooo much fun can be had with my little hard rubber mallet :)

Did I mention we spent too much money? :)
 
Although this post is bereft of pictures :(, just thought I'd share a bit of wood joy. I spent a day at our favourite wood supplier's warehouse. Wow, just wow! This guy goes off travelling to far off places every couple of months. He goes to inspect woods on location before agreeing to ship them back to the UK. He also goes off wood hunting with no pre arranged schedule. Just ferrets around Africa, South America, Scandinavia, etc & see what comes up.

Anyhow, I was surrounded by the most stunning selection of woods from every corner of the globe. Some of them were super expensive. Not because of any endangered species classification, but because of their sheer quality. Some of the figuring I saw in the most mundane of species was mind blowing. All in all, I was immersed in natures beauty. She had assembled her best art collection for me to view. What a day (expensive day too, ahem)! After spending my time carefully selecting boards with my Guru partner, Dean Price, I was left wondering why the hell anyone would wish to stain or otherwise "embellish" such natural beauty. Soooo much fun can be had with my little hard rubber mallet :)

Did I mention we spent too much money? :)

Wow! Pictures or it didn't happen! Just bare unfinished wood waiting to be turned into drums qualifies for this thread.

With some woods, it is easy to understand why that are best left unstained. Other woods are more common and bland and the stain helps them look better.
 
Wow! Pictures or it didn't happen! Just bare unfinished wood waiting to be turned into drums qualifies for this thread.
There you go! See if you can guess which is which :) To get you started, the first picture (fork lift truck) is the biggest possible piece of buck eye burl:)

Others are:

Figured bubinga
Cocus wood
Snakewood
African blackwood
Gabon ebony
Lignum
Olivewood
Santos rosewood
Pink ivory
Tulipwood
 

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I'll take a stab...

Figured Bubinga - first row, second picture
Pink ivory - last row, first picture
Olivewood - second row, second picture
Gabon Ebony - last row, third picture

how'd I do?
 
I'll take a stab...

Figured Bubinga - first row, second picture
Pink ivory - last row, first picture
Olivewood - second row, second picture
Gabon Ebony - last row, third picture

how'd I do?
I'm not sure. There's only one picture on the last row on my screen, so I'm thinking you might have a different picture layout for some reason. I'm seeing 5 rows of two pictures each, & one picture at the bottom (making a 6th row).

To help y'all along, the African blackwood & the Gabon ebony should be really obvious.

African blackwood = 5th row, second picture. (logs with a very black heartwood)
Gabon ebony = 2nd row, first picture. (large bundles on pallets, painted red & white / green & white on the ends)
 
There you go! See if you can guess which is which :) To get you started, the first picture (fork lift truck) is the biggest possible piece of buck eye burl:)

Others are:

Figured bubinga
Cocus wood
Snakewood
African blackwood
Gabon ebony
Lignum
Olivewood
Santos rosewood
Pink ivory
Tulipwood

OK, I now officially need some heart bypass surgery. Just crazy. The rawest drum porn I have ever encountered.

You have own the thread title of Dude with the Biggest Wood. It will be hard for anyone to top this.

What happens to this wood from the seller? Do some of the buyers make it into furniture, art, flutes, guitars, etc?
 
OK, I now officially need some heart bypass surgery. Just crazy. The rawest drum porn I have ever encountered.

You have own the thread title of Dude with the Biggest Wood. It will be hard for anyone to top this.

What happens to this wood from the seller? Do some of the buyers make it into furniture, art, flutes, guitars, etc?
Ha, I thought you'd like those pictures :) Most of the fine tone woods are turned into guitars & other instruments of the highest quality. The really hard woods are usually made into specialist pieces such as the pipes on high end bagpipes. The burls are typically sold for art/craft pieces to enthusiasts.

This facility is run & owned by a real wood enthusiast. He specialises in tone woods, & really knows his stuff. best of all, he's a drummer!!!!!!!

We're the only drum company who goes to him for our standard woods. Even his "domestic" woods are chosen with such care & attention to acoustic properties. by no means the cheapest, but certainly the best as far as we're concerned.
 
Man, top row, middle picture. I'm thinking make me a drum with the bark still on for that Barney Rubble, Flintstones allure.
 
I'll take the tulipwood in the last pic.... my favorite..

My tulipwood made in '96...

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