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Fender just announced they are phasing out ash. They said other guitar makers will do the same.
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Yep. Ash is a dying species. At least in North America.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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Clicked onto thread just so I could like the title.
We can thank the emerald ash borer. Devastating. Believed to have entered the country on packing materials from Asia.Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
Probably hitched a ride on a pallet of cheap fake Gibsons from Alibaba..
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Phasing it out is the wrong expression and quite misleading.
Unable to source the timber due to the trees being critically endangered due to insect attack is more like it.Comment
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A double shame that is...
Fist of all, I do love nature, so I am always sad to see trees endangered.
Second, I think ash is a beautiful and interesting wood for guitar bodies, so I think it's a shame we will not see any of them (new ones) any more in the future.
I hope the tide will change one day and that ash may return to it's former glory."You can buy muscles (steroïds), but you can't buy "cojones". (quoted: Bas Rutten)Comment
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I can still get good swamp ash. It's available in very limited quantities to small guitar makers. I only use it on a couple guitars a year, but I totally love the tone and looks of ash and will continue using it as long as I can.Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.Comment
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Basswood narrowly beats out swamp ash for me as my fav.The things that you wanted
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I am not worried about it. There are millions of species of wood, and they will find a good replacement. Prices of ash guitars will go up and in 20 years no one will know what an ash guitar sounded like.
But I am all for more sustainable, good sounding substitutes.Administrator of the SDUGFComment
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50’s ash body Strats and Teles just jumped up in value I’m sureComment
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From out of my reach to way out of my reach.Originally posted by kramer.geetar View PostComment
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Super glad I have my 2013 Fender Japan Limited Edition '54 Stratocaster!
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I own 320 acres of mountain with ash trees all over it. We log 10 acres every 5 years. Ash is still out there.Comment
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I liked Ash !!!
But there are so many ash guitars in the world. You can still some...
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