Scored some good wood!
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:13 pm
There's a guy that comes in once a month to do computer maintenance for us, and I had forgotten we had a guitar discussion a year or so ago. Turns out, he built a few back in the day, but got out of it (shame on him)...Anyway, he showed up the other day and just handed me a splendid 30 year old bookmatched, edge-glued, and unblemished Western Red Cedar top he was never going to get too! It's fairly thick, well-joined, but needs some thinning. It is also VERY hard for cedar, possibly because of its age. It is barely large enough for a jumbo guitar, and I am trying to decide what to do with it. I am very excited about it, it has beautiful tone and grain that will only improve with thicknessing, but I have never built with cedar, and haven't given a thought as to what woods to pair it with. Any suggestions? I am more than likely going to do a cutaway since I have really grown to love them, but can't decide whether to build something more traditional, or keep toying with my personal designs...I have soem brace tweaking to do... maybe I just use standard bracing for whatever shape I choose, and not put a soundhole in it. There is NO figure in the grain (I will post some pictures soon). Anyway, I am open to suggestons. Might be fun to do a collaborative design on the forum. I will probably not start this for 6 months or so, until it is warm enough to bend and glue the rim in my garage, so plenty of time to come up with ideas for this one.