MACASSAR EBONY! - Diospyros celebica - Exceptional acoustic guitar tonewood from Sulawesi, Indonesia 

I have a custom made guitar with Macassar Ebony B/S. In generally, this tonewood gives you a delicate high, compressed mid, deep and lovely bass without overpowering. It provides a lot of clarity, separation of note, loud and sustain, very 'precision' in every single note you play. Paired with European spruce, it becomes a balanced guitar.

I love the FEEL of good ebony under my fingers on a fretboard. Easily a favorite fretboard wood, just for it's feel.

Wow, that tap tone is so good ❤️

I just got a PRS Private Stock electric with a 2-piece Macassar and OMG... it's beyond amazing to look at.... and 2 piece is apparently a big deal since they usually do 3-4 piece.

been loving the series ,i'm lucky enough to know of local supplier with a huge amount of macassar ebony definitely need to add more to my collection .they had some lumber last time i was there big enough that you'd be able to get two piece backs from them be hugely expensive though.

Thanks for the great videos, I build pool cues and use pretty much the same woods, but I've learned a lot from your videos.

Nice... Im living in est borneo. Many of times visiting sulawesi Island. The wood in your Hand is come from southest sulawesi. Ebony also growing in borneo. Macassar ebony now in red list. Will not passed from sulawesi Island except by wood work final.

The tap tone and the looks I'm sold.

Hard to understand the multi-piece back haters they don't bat an eyelid if it's a 4 piece back with the name Torres but get all snooty when it's everyone else building:-') and yes I think you have raised my interest in Macassar Ebony

My current guitar is a european spruce/macassar ebony. Love it! ❤

I live in Makassar city Makassar Ebony Wood that ia highly protected... Im so happy that you like it.... ❤❤

Unreal looking wood. Rosewood WC nice!

So beautiful!

On my LTD Eclipse Black Metal it plays smooth and sounds tight

This and ziricote are my two favorite looking woods for a guitar.

I bought a set that had a 2 piece back from the great classical guitar maker Paul Fischer. Paul thought it offered as much in a guitar as a Rio Rosewood back and sides. 4 piece is no problem whatsover and gives the musician everything a 2 piece back does..

It adds sustain

🔵 thanks güdd info❕ Macassar Ebony is one of my top favorite tone woods , after Honduran mahogany and Hawaiian Koa ❕🐸

Stunning tap-tone on that ME... sustain to match the very best - if not - surpass therm all? Looks beautiful. It’s the full package. Pity its so hard to come by! So what tonewood top would be best with this one Tom? Sorry Tom... did a quick edit here but wanted to ask - how do you think this would compare to the ancient bog oak... there’s similarities there too... don’t you think?

Another Great tone woods video! Please do one on Padauk - I’m very curious about your opinion and reaction - thanks!

Going to be a Killer Macassar Ebony Guitar what a sound Tommy :) I hope you do tasmanian blackheart sassafras I would love your thoughts on that Cheers

Hi Tom, what do you think of Taylor's urban ash initiative? Any chance you can tap some samples? I recently bought a Taylor GT urban ash (without pickup) and like it. Just wondering what you thought.

And I thought it was a cheap junker wood, thank you! I'll buy that 2006 D-28 now.

isso já é provocação kkkkkk linda madeira!

they are actually big tree but they takes decades to grow

I think it can be done as 2 pieces back set, but it would be so expensive, it can be done by just cutting out central peace of log 1.5cm thick, so geains are paralel to each other and book match it, but i think by doing that a lot of wood would be wasted

Please review "gaharu crocodile" Its from indonesia, indonesia luthier say its subtitute Ziricote

Try kamagong or Philippine Macassar ebony

I have an ebony tree in my garden 🖤🖤

Tommy’s tapes S1 E1.

Hello Tom, what you feel, you smell while you process it to be guitar? do you feel like chili (hot) on your hand? what kind of smell you feel or inhale?

Tolles Holz

Hi , I bought some "macassar mahogany" for my 2nd build . The thing is , it doesn't exist . What is this stuff ? It does resemble mahogany though . Sapele ? I've done a ton of searching and all I get is macassar ebony . Very annoying . Seller needs to come clean .

just make a classical guitar out of it! just kidding, but yeah, it would be nice to be a classical guitar

LMAO. 24dec, to hot. Thats our average temp in winter in central Queensland

anyone have any experience with bass guitar fretboards? what sound?