Yew??

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Dave Bagwill
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Yew??

Post by Dave Bagwill » Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:46 pm

I'd not thought of Yew as a possibility for tonewood. Has anyone here yewsed it? (sorry)
It sure cleans up nicely.
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Daniel P
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Re: Yew??

Post by Daniel P » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:57 pm

I know there were several luthiers using Yew for block banjo rims - not necessarily looking for the same tonal response in a block banjo rim - but still musical to some ears.

Dan Pennington may have been making rims with yew - but not sure.
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Dan Pennington
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Re: Yew??

Post by Dan Pennington » Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:17 am

Nope, never made a banjo rim from yew. Never heard that it might have some musical properties or interesting grain.
Dan
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