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Once again, we check in with Minnesota-based luthier T. Drew Heinonen. As we've discussed on podcasts #100 and #101, Heinonen will be building the Fretboard Journal an OM-style guitar, which we\u2019ll be unveiling at the 2016 Fretboard Summit. As you\u2019ll hear in this podcast, we sent Drew a wide variety of domestic tone woods to choose from \u2013 from highly-figured koa to sleeper Black walnut. We also sourced some bracing material from Michael Gurian, a Lutz top from Pacific Rim Tonewoods and a Red spruce top from the Hampton Brothers.

During this conversation, we talk to Drew and get his reaction to the various tonewoods we mailed to him. We get his thoughts on thickness sanding, how much (if at all) a luthier can affect the tone of the raw materials he\u2019s using and a lot more. Last but not least, we finally decide on the raw materials we\u2019ll be using for the Fretboard Summit OM.

Special thanks to Stewart MacDonald for sponsoring this episode of the Fretboard Journal Podcast. Backing music by Jon Rauhouse.\xa0

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