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I have to say how dumbfounded I am that I posed a question on the forum, and a few days later Richard Hoover himself spends the majority of a podcast answering.  Mr Hoover, I can’t thank you enough.

There was some much really useful information, and frankly I hadn’t taken into account the provenance or the family history (as we call at me office “tribal knowledge”).  This was just fantastic.

There was one bit of folklore that I still need clarity on- in Michael Watts’ video on moon spruce he claimed that in addition to the scheduling of harvesting as RH stated, he said that the tree is then left on the hillside, pointing downhill, branches still attached for some amount of time (I think 6 weeks minimum) before being brought in to be processed.  Any truth to that?

Thanks again to Mr Hoover as well as TL and RN… this was terrific.

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I can’t wait to hear this!

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Thank you!  That is exactly the information I sought.

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Thanks for all the input, everybody.  Yes tadol, it is very cool and it is short scale.  I didn’t mean to imply that I wanted to use heavier strings, it was just a story to frame why I am so nervous about messing around with tunings.  I have been playing for 50 years, and this H-12 is my favorite guitar ever.  After touring the factory 2 years ago, I went up to Sylvan Music and played probably 30 high end guitars… and I just kept coming back to this H.  I went back the next day and the man behind the counter said “you’re here to play that 12 fret again, aren’t you”.  Oddly, my wife didn’t get the memo about being the voice 0f reason, and wound up buying it for me for a birthday present  I lie awake thinking about playing this guitar.  I daydream at work about going home and playing it.  I think I’ll give the OM Grand a test drive and see where it lands me.

Thanks again.  Be kind, stay safe, and play from the heart.

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