Sustainable Guitars — Is THIS Our Future? ★ Acoustic Tuesday 217

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore the idea of sustainable guitars — something guitar geeks should be thinking about for the future...here's why. We'll take a look at some great companies like Taylor Guitars and Tom Sands that are creating instruments with sustainable materials such as reclaimed wood and ethically sourced materials, and more. I've always been fascinated by tone woods. From their acoustic properties to their aesthetic qualities, I loved learning about different kinds of tone woods. But recently I've been thinking more about where tone woods come from, how they're harvested, and what us guitarists can do to make sure there are guitars for future generations. This video won't seek to provide definitive solutions to the issues of deforestation or other negative aspects of the guitar industry. Instead, I want this to be the launch-pad for further conversations. Feel free to share resources, makers, luthiers, and others who are helping ensure that there are guitars for our grandchildren and their grandchildren to play.

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0:00.0	Who made your guitar? Where did you buy it at? What's the top made of? How about the back and sides?
0:05.0	As a guitar geek, these are really fun things to talk about and relatively easy questions to answer.
0:11.0	But how about some more difficult questions? Where did the wood that was used to make your guitar come from?
0:17.0	Who cut the tree? How old was the tree? Today we're going to look into these
0:22.2	difficult questions and I'll share with you some valuable resources to help you gain perspective
0:26.7	on the true value of your guitar and the materials it's made of. Hey, TAC family, welcome to
0:32.5	episode 217 of The Acoustic Tuesday Show. This show's all about bringing fun, focus, and progress to your
0:39.3	guitar journey through my weekly guitar geek list, plus success stories from your fellow
0:43.1	TAC family members. Speaking of, this week you'll be meeting TAC family member Marco, who maintains
0:49.2	his consistent guitar routine despite having an unpredictable schedule as a dog trainer. He'll also reveal a trick
0:55.8	to help make your guitar routine as regular as the sunset. There's a little bit of a hint
1:00.3	wrapped up in there. You're also going to get a sneak peek at what guitar lick the TACFAM is working on
1:05.8	this week. It's named after famed Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka. And of course, your weekly dose of acoustic news awaits you, which includes a new artist
1:15.1	I recently found out about, a sneak peek into my organ vacation, and much, much more.
1:20.4	But first, let's talk Tonwood and what we as guitar geeks can do to learn more about this
1:24.9	essential and unfortunately dwindling resource.
1:28.3	I wanted to open up this dialogue right here on the Acoustic Tuesday Show.
1:33.3	I was recently sent an article from a friend of mine entitled What Will Replace Classic Tonewoods?
1:39.3	The article was from Premier Guitar Magazine and I thought to myself this is a really interesting question but I
1:45.1	think as guitar geeks we need to ask ourselves the question that goes right before what will
1:51.0	replace tone woods and that question is where do tone woods come from and what's their story
1:57.2	you know I have to admit I'm not an expert in tonewoods. I know about them. I know
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