Environmentalism and guitars

[aya_yuson]

my luthier told me they get their supplies from a tree farm in india which exports ebony, mahogany, rosewood, ash, phoenix, basswood,maple, alder. however they also use local trees from china such as the gum tree, jujube and peach tree,

i dont think tree farms are that great since when you have trees you have and ecosystem which supports wildlife, take away the trees take away the ecosystem, then wildlife gone..

Ano yung 'jujube'?

Jujube my number two
me and number one are through....

[bryanarzaga]

Ano yung 'jujube'?

Jujube my number two
me and number one are through....

hahaha  ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube

he told me they glue the cut planks together,

[supernaut]

Ano yung 'jujube'?

Jujube my number two
me and number one are through....

hahahaha.

I just bought a martin & co.: darco strings from RJ. ngayon ko lang nalaman tong string na to,binili ko kasi P199 na lang from P390. Anyway, sa likod nya nakasulat "Printed on Recyclable Material". Yun lang 

[IncX]

As much as i'd like to bring this awareness thru music and gigs, i dont think this is possible in my area because i think the ppl are following this already... and i think they are doing better "environmental protection" than the things stated.

They are not doing it for a cause though, but simply because of financial reasons. here are some:

*note: the side comments/sarcasm are just made in good humour, this is no way an offense to the thread starter or to ppl who are hard up financially, nevertheless... the things i stated are true*

1.) buying a used guitar AND THEN letting everyone borrow it in a gig

-OK, this is very environment friendly because not only is the guitar made from bad wood (which wouldnt be endangered anytime soon), but 3 other guitarist wouldnt even need to buy a guitar because of that. Its a bad habit for guitarists, but sure is environment friendly.

2.) not changing strings until they break.

-Doesnt matter if its color brown, if it works, then its good. so who needs those color coated strings now?

3.) Not supporting string companies that use wasteful packaging.

-Of course they use Mariposa's and Alice strings, and as a plus, they also change only the strings that break. sorry ernie ball, d'addario and dean markley... there is no way they will support nor buy packs of your strings- for financial reasons of course. And yes, bad guitarist habit, bad tone... but environment friendly.

4.) Not using amps pass 15 watts.

-Most of the time, its just a guitar thru the plywood walls (for added volume) or the listener just sticks their ears to the headstock. this ends with them having bad technique when plugged to a 20 watt amp .. just be happy they wont be plugging to a 100watt anytime soon.

5.) finding another hobby aside from guitar.

-they usually end up getting their GF's pregnant and their hobby becomes "wage hunting" ... now this time, its not environment friendly. more babies = more diapers = more resources = more pollution. maybe sticking to guitar isnt so bad after all?

-*-

kidding aside... i really think this sentiment is better voiced to another country that are large consumers of electric guitars, electricity and strings... i have only seen and touched a total of 4 or 5 gibsons in my life, so im thinking their '3,000 units a month' sale isnt happening in the philippines nor would it occur anytime soon.

[aya_yuson]

As much as i'd like to bring this awareness thru music and gigs, i dont think this is possible in my area because i think the ppl are following this already... and i think they are doing better "environmental protection" than the things stated.

They are not doing it for a cause though, but simply because of financial reasons. here are some:

*note: the side comments/sarcasm are just made in good humour, this is no way an offense to the thread starter or to ppl who are hard up financially, nevertheless... the things i stated are true*

1.) buying a used guitar AND THEN letting everyone borrow it in a gig

-OK, this is very environment friendly because not only is the guitar made from bad wood (which wouldnt be endangered anytime soon), but 3 other guitarist wouldnt even need to buy a guitar because of that. Its a bad habit for guitarists, but sure is environment friendly.

2.) not changing strings until they break.

-Doesnt matter if its color brown, if it works, then its good. so who needs those color coated strings now?

3.) Not supporting string companies that use wasteful packaging.

-Of course they use Mariposa's and Alice strings, and as a plus, they also change only the strings that break. sorry ernie ball, d'addario and dean markley... there is no way they will support nor buy packs of your strings- for financial reasons of course. And yes, bad guitarist habit, bad tone... but environment friendly.

4.) Not using amps pass 15 watts.

-Most of the time, its just a guitar thru the plywood walls (for added volume) or the listener just sticks their ears to the headstock. this ends with them having bad technique when plugged to a 20 watt amp .. just be happy they wont be plugging to a 100watt anytime soon.

5.) finding another hobby aside from guitar.

-they usually end up getting their GF's pregnant and their hobby becomes "wage hunting" ... now this time, its not environment friendly. more babies = more diapers = more resources = more pollution. maybe sticking to guitar isnt so bad after all?

-*-

kidding aside... i really think this sentiment is better voiced to another country that are large consumers of electric guitars, electricity and strings... i have only seen and touched a total of 4 or 5 gibsons in my life, so im thinking their '3,000 units a month' sale isnt happening in the philippines nor would it occur anytime soon.

+100 ako sa post na 'to. This time, kampi ako sa 'yo, IncX. 

[gandydancer123]

good discussion