Multi Tonewood Build
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PjGuitars
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Multi Tonewood Build
Has anyone ever build an acustic with multiple tonewoods? For example two or three similar sounding tonewoods for back? What was the result?
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carld05
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Re: Multi Tonewood Build
Well it doesn't seem like anyone has given an opinion on your question. I've never mixed back/side woods except while doing laminated sides. But I'll bet it would sound like a guitar!
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tippie53
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Re: Multi Tonewood Build
I had a friend use a different piece for each part it was a great project
John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
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Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
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Stray Feathers
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Re: Multi Tonewood Build
Well there have been lots of three-piece backs produced commercially, some of them with contrasting tonewoods. I don't know how you would assess whether the combination improved the guitar or made it worse. Bruce W.
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jread
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Re: Multi Tonewood Build
I've seen pictures of 2 piece backs with different woods on each side. Of course, we have seen 3 piece backs with a different species in the middle. Back and sides different. Bracing that matches top or not. It's all fair game but I doubt you could really quantify the differences even if you built two at the same time, one with all single species and another with many.
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phavriluk
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