Wood suggestion?

[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.

[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

[Diane Kauffmds]

Your guitar is lovely Ed. But, there isn't enough wood.

[ruby@magpage.com]

I might go with some thing darker then, like cedar.

Ed

[Diane Kauffmds]

Thanks Ed!

[tippie53]

What size you making?

[Diane Kauffmds]

I'm making an OM.

[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

[Diane Kauffmds]

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.