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I've been given some sinker cypress, cut 500 years ago.

What would you use for the top? I'm thinking sitka spruce.
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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

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Your guitar is lovely Ed. But, there isn't enough wood.
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I might go with some thing darker then, like cedar.

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Thanks Ed!
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What size you making?
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I'm making an OM.
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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
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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.
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