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Post by nkforster on Mar 10, 2018 23:20:26 GMT
We didn't make many cedar top guitars when I worked for Stefan, so I didn't make many "on spec" after starting my own business, which is a few years ago now. Anyway, when I was in Italy a few years back one of the dealers had a couple of hundred Western red cedar soundboards gathering dust in a corner. There's nothing I like more than piles of wood that have gathered a bit of dust. What got overlooked twenty years ago, is always worth looking at now. Long story short, I bought about 30 tops. Here is one of them. Enjoy! Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by Riverman on Mar 10, 2018 23:26:46 GMT
What a wonderful sounding guitar Nigel. I agree entirely about cedar and mahogany as a combination, and so do my Fylde Ariel and Orsino...
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 10, 2018 23:27:18 GMT
...and so do my Ariel and Olivia. Keith
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Post by lavaman on Mar 10, 2018 23:39:04 GMT
... and so does my Brook Clyst.
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Post by Welshruss on Mar 10, 2018 23:44:17 GMT
Beautiful sound. After years of horse trading guitars, all my guitars bar one have mahogany back and sides. I don’t own a cedar top but have a few spruce and one redwood topped guitars. Nigel do you make any 12 fret guitars?m
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Post by nkforster on Mar 11, 2018 0:22:05 GMT
Beautiful sound. After years of horse trading guitars, all my guitars bar one have mahogany back and sides. I don’t own a cedar tops but have a few spruce and one redwood topped guitars. Nigel do you make any 12 fret guitars? Yep, but only to order. Send me an email and I can send you a price list. 12 frets is the same price as 14. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by andyhowell on Mar 11, 2018 10:44:33 GMT
I always choose spruce in the end!
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Post by oustudent on Mar 11, 2018 12:39:18 GMT
have a custom Martin 000-18. Mahogany and Cedar works very well.
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Post by pender on Mar 15, 2018 11:03:01 GMT
I'm wondering a cedar and rosewood combination. What's the difference for mahogany?
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Post by oustudent on Mar 15, 2018 11:08:24 GMT
When is was contemplating buying a used Fylde that had Spruce and Rosewood, I contacted Roger for his opinion. He said Cedar and Rosewood would have worked better but that is what the customer ordered for the guitar I was looking at
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Post by nkforster on Mar 15, 2018 12:42:06 GMT
I'm wondering a cedar and rosewood combination. What's the difference for mahogany? You can't give a definitive answer for this. Other than "it depends who is making the guitar" What Roger does with spruce and rosewood sounds totally different from what I do with them. Some will prefer the results he gets, some will prefer mine. Apples and Oranges. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2018 12:45:01 GMT
Can anyone "English" what they think the difference in sound is between a rosewood and spruce vs a cedar and mahogany, all other things being equal? And which combo do you think works best for which style of playing?
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Post by andyhowell on Mar 15, 2018 16:35:22 GMT
I'm wondering a cedar and rosewood combination. What's the difference for mahogany? You can't give a definitive answer for this. Other than "it depends who is making the guitar" What Roger does with spruce and rosewood sounds totally different from what I do with them. Some will prefer the results he gets, some will prefer mine. Apples and Oranges. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.comI’ve played 3 of your guitars Nigel - each one was fabulous! Have no idea about the woods!
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Post by vikingblues on Mar 17, 2018 19:00:15 GMT
50% of my steel string acoustic collection is cedar / mahogany, so I guess I must like the sound of that combination often enough to be more than a coincidence. The other 50% of my collection is all mahogany, but I haven't had a spruce top guitar that's survived in my stable. I certainly like the beautiful sound of the guitar on the video. In general there's a lack of steely edge to a cedar top sound that I enjoy - it makes me feel warm and safe. I also get the impression that cedar as a soundboard is kinder to someone like me that plays quite gently with the right hand / and with finger-style. But there's no telling what combination a guitar might have that has a sound that appeals. I've played harsh sounding cedar top guitars and even harsh sounding mahogany top guitars. Mark
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Post by pender on Mar 19, 2018 17:02:00 GMT
Due to a serious GAS I am considering buying a guitar to complement my Martin 000-18 and I am between the two combinations: cedar/hog or cedar/rosewood. In fact, I'm gazing on a Furch G23CRC now Yellow Gc-CR. Have you heard good things about Furch guitars?
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