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Wood suggestion?
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:04 pm
by Diane Kauffmds
I've been given some sinker cypress, cut 500 years ago.
What would you use for the top? I'm thinking sitka spruce.
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:27 am
by ruby@magpage.com
If you have enough, why not use the Cypress for the whole body? Some species of cypress are regularly used in classical this way.
This is my all-cypress (Alaskan Yellow Cedar) steel string guitar - sounds very bright:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/ ... 488198220/
click left and right
Ed
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:17 am
by Diane Kauffmds
Your guitar is lovely Ed. But, there isn't enough wood.
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 2:21 pm
by ruby@magpage.com
I might go with some thing darker then, like cedar.
Ed
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 4:44 pm
by Diane Kauffmds
Thanks Ed!
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:38 am
by tippie53
What size you making?
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 11:30 am
by Diane Kauffmds
I'm making an OM.
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:41 pm
by tippie53
my favorite is red spruce or Carp not a cedar fan but many are. Use what you like and let us know what you ended up with. I had one one with the PRS bracing and was intrigued by it.
they use X braces and then 5 fans off the bridge plate in place of tone bars. They were 1/4 by 1/4
Re: Wood suggestion?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:07 pm
by Diane Kauffmds
tippie53 wrote:my favorite is red spruce or Carp not a cedar fan but many are. Use what you like and let us know what you ended up with. I had one one with the PRS bracing and was intrigued by it.
they use X braces and then 5 fans off the bridge plate in place of tone bars. They were 1/4 by 1/4
Thanks John. I was thinking of carpathian as well as the sitka.