Our government is considering ripping out Bunya plantations...
Bunya is a timber we have used since the outset of Cole Clark, and one that provides the incredible soundboards on Cole Clark Guitars.
The current government is relatively insensitive to many of the points noted below, let alone Bunya's acoustic qualities... and so please consider assisting so that we may get a lot more trees planted... not just Bunya.
Timber is still the most environmentally friendly building material, and it is arguably the most aesthetic.
It requires the least energy to produce and of course trees absorb carbon. By contrast it takes huge amounts of energy to create steel and bricks!
·If we burned what we grew, we would be 'in balance', as opposed to burning massive amounts of stored biomass.
·We, in Australia, and in many parts of our world, have removed 70+% of our forest cover in less than 200 years! We need to put it back! And we have burned shit loads of stored biomass...
Basically we are lacking awareness, irresponsible, indulgent bastards. Apparently we wanted Australia to look like Europe... that was sensible!
·Our 'government' is considering ripping out Bunya plantations! The same ones that we recover soundboards from... But of course!
Bunya puts on a good amount of biomass each year, is relatively quick growing... good for absorbing carbon.
·Bunya also bears edible fruit!
·It has strong links to our indigenous people. See: 'the Bunya feasts' (Google Link)
Trees improve soil, reducing water and wind erosion: Therefore improving water quality: We like to breath, drink and eat. If you have kids or family... this maybe of importance. They also reduce ground temperature. They provide habitat: We are apparently not the only bastards on the planet.
·Trees in general ultimately effect climate.
·And unlike humans, they don't talk shit... they share this virtue with fish heads. Bunya, looks good and make nice instruments! They also look and sound good on some of you players.
The greatest threat to forests is irresponsible farming and not plantations for building... so eat a little less beef... let us face it, we are going to have to change many habits.
We have demonstrated that to be great, a guitar does not need to be comprised of 'old growth' timber.The longest journey starts with a single step: The first is awareness, then will.
Many Cole Clark users are getting off their arses adding some fury to this cause.
A few words, a link, on your respective sites... Thanks in anticipation.
I am not claiming great social conscience or virtue... those of you who know me, will quickly agree... I know some have declined for reason that I have suggested it... simply get some help on that one...
It is a damn good cause... and we are in the position of enhancing awareness.
Cole Clark guitars combine classical construction with innovative design and manufacturing techniques to produce lighter, stronger instruments with superior acoustic performance. Made using indigenous timber and featuring Face Brace Sensor acoustic pickup systems, Cole Clark guitars provide professional quality at affordable prices.Check out the range of FAT LADY acoustic dreadnaughts. This range consists of the basic FATLADY1 ( FL1) up to the deluxe FATLADY3 ( FL3).
"At Cole Clark Guitars, we've applied a new understanding to an age old art. Like you, we appreciate the sound and feel of a great steel string guitar, one that reflects and projects the emotion you put into your music.
Great guitars require great tone woods, and we select our timbers with care. Even our most basic model acoustic is made from all solid timbers. Our patented manufacturing method applies the finest of control to each instrument we make, so that every instrument can be loud and lively and subtle and soft.
The Cole Clark Fat Lady is a truly awesome sounding instrument. It whispers, it yells and it sings, and you know that your search for the perfect acoustic guitar isn’t over... ‘til the Fat Lady sings!
"From the instant I laid my barely competent and unworthy hands on a
Cole Clark guitar, I knew it was the one for me; it made me feel and
sound like I can actually play!
Seriously, the feel is natural and
butter-smooth. The sound is rich and deep. When I first played the
guitar, I was, like, where the fuck did this come from?
I hadn't
heard of Cole Clark before. I felt as though I was chosen by the
guitar. Then, just when I thought it couldn't get any better, I
brought it to the stage and plugged it in.
Tears of joy trickled down
my face; at last, the acoustic guitar for which I had been searching
had found me.
I wound up writing 90 percent of 'Gang Of Losers' on
the guitar I got. Utterly inspiring. I almost never leave home
without it. Cole Clark guitars has completed me. Thank heaven.'
At Cole Clark Guitars we precision manufacture guitars to provide the optimum in sound quality and playability. The fact that we use modern technology should not be mistaken for a lack of respect for past methods. Acoustic guitar making remained relatively unchanged from the mid 1850’s Martin “X” braced design until now.
The original “X” was modified in the early 20th century to accommodate steel strings, and the “14 frets clear of the body” design to give greater fret access arrived just prior to 1930. From then, not much changed. There have been a few excursions into alternate materials, “space age” laminates, odd shapes etc., but mostly acoustic steel string guitars have been made the same way for a long time. Players agree that timber is the material that sounds best, and timber is our medium
We combine the benefits of an integral neck heel with an accurately tuned face and back for exceptional clarity and sustain. The integral neck heel, while held in high esteem, has always been difficult to produce well, which is why most manufacturers opt for the more accessible but less efficient dovetail joint, screws or dowels, all of which are more at home in the furniture industry. Our ability to accurately make the integral neck heel enables us to manufacture with incredibly tight tolerances and this allows accurate assembly of our instruments.
The violin makers of history understood the necessity of tuning the vibrating plates of an instrument ( the top and the back ). We carve our tops and backs to achieve the best possible sound, using CNC router technology for extreme accuracy. The results are instruments which perform like no others."
Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! I also hope to see you out at Armadillo Palace Wednesday November 11th @ 12:00pm for my interview and acoustic performance with 740 KTRH's Michael Berry (Texas Music Show) And later that night I will be at Dosey Doe in the Woodlands (9:15pm) See you there!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
Thanks for being our myspace friend. We get spammed all the time on myspace and its getting hard to know who's a fan and who isn't. If you are a fan it would be great to see you at our next gig - see www.jimmyyukka.com. In future the best way to find out about what we are up to is to join our mailing list.
Just letting you know that Billy Hyde Music Adelaide, at 181 Waymouth St, City, is now open on Sundays from 11am to 4pm. Contact 08 8212 4827 if we can help you with anything..... BH CREW!
Be prepared for a night of exciting tunes, outrageous tempos, amazing playing and flashy dressing when The Woohoo Revue appear at Open Studio as part of the Darebin Music Feast on Saturday 5 September. The show starts at 8pm, admission is $10. The band's last Open Studio show was one very raucous night indeed. This should be a very sweaty one.
The Dark Shadows are back from their European/US tour and will be appearing at The Tote (Cobra Bar) on the 22nd August with special guests Thee Wylde Oscars & King Cannons
Don’t miss the one and only show of Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt
direct from Europe with 6 piece band. Grand-nephew of Jazz legend
Django Reinhardt, nephew of the Gypsy violin master Schnuckenack
Reinhardt and from a traditionally long line of musicians Lulo
represents one of the most unique voices in Gypsy-Jazz music today.
Thanks for being such a great friend!!! YOU ROCK!!! Have a great week!!!!!
If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Big gypsy tunes will echo around the centre of Melbourne on Friday 7
August when The Woohoo Revue head up a massive line up of bands and
DJs at the Forum Theatre as part of the Melbourne International Film
Festival’s Balkan Beatbox Night.
In addition to The Woohoo Revue, the show will also feature such
amazing acts as Vardos, BabaGanoush, 13 piece brass band Opa! as well
as DJ Gabriele Urban Gypsy (PBS Trans Europa Express).
The combined talents of these performers will make this a rampaging
Balkan carnival of oom-pah, gypsy swing and huge brass band sounds.
Since you guys are my friends I though you might want to check out the hot new Vagrants vids from the recent Hi Fi Bar gig http://www.youtube.com/thevagrants
You are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for being a friend!!! Hope you had a Happy 4th of July!!!!! God Bless America!!!!!
Wrapped Up In Me is #38 on the New Music Weekly Country Main Chart!!!! I am also #18 on the top 30 Indie Chart this week!!! It is on radio stations across the nation, you can request it now!!!!! Also, If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Guy Pratt in store THIS WEDNESDAY, 15th of July 2009, from 2:30pm. Guy currently plays bass with Pink Floyd and has recorded with the late Michael Jackson , Madonna, Tina Turner, Jimmy Page and many more. He will be here to have a chat and sign autographs.
You can also go in the draw to WIN a 100 watt Ashdown Five15 bass amp, just by showing up. So come on down and have a laugh … you may walk away with that Ashdown bass amp!!
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