Have any of you ever heard of this tonewood or does anyone have an acoustic made of this? I just committed to my first ever custom built acoustic from a Luthier/Guitar Builder in Barronette, Wisconsin called Helstern. One of the reasons I bought it was it is about 10 miles away from where I grew up in Wisconsin, a small town called Shell Lake. Yeah, I know maybe not the most important reason for buying a pricey guitar. But, it's important to me so I did it.
Anyway, this Kauri wood comes from New Zealand and has been carbon tested to be 50, 000 years old. It's really a pretty wood. John Beland, a well-known session player from Nashville and the founder of the band The Flying Burrito Brothers, actually moved to Wisconsin and lives nearby this Luthier. He has a Custom Helstern built out of African Zebrawood and another built from this Kauri wood and he swears by this guys guitars. He says this one guitar (the Helstern) replaces three guitars he used to have to carry with him for different reasons.
Anyway, I was just curious if any of you have had any experience with this tonewood.
Anyway, this Kauri wood comes from New Zealand and has been carbon tested to be 50, 000 years old. It's really a pretty wood. John Beland, a well-known session player from Nashville and the founder of the band The Flying Burrito Brothers, actually moved to Wisconsin and lives nearby this Luthier. He has a Custom Helstern built out of African Zebrawood and another built from this Kauri wood and he swears by this guys guitars. He says this one guitar (the Helstern) replaces three guitars he used to have to carry with him for different reasons.
Anyway, I was just curious if any of you have had any experience with this tonewood.