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Post by dinodean on Dec 27, 2021 4:47:04 GMT
Hi guys, This thread is a sub-topic from my self introduction thread. I thought may be here will be a more focused response. First thing comes to mind when one reads the tittle is “Why smell has to do with guitar?” I am hoping some of you may understand, if not then please take a minute to read my long winded thread here : acousticsoundboard.co.uk/thread/13207/newbie-indonesia-asking-direction?page=1&scrollTo=204724Of course being an aromatic guitar doesn’t mean I am willing to sacrifice tone, even though it is subjective and relatif, still I am trying to get the builder to squeeze out the best volume and sustain. Clarity and separation I think is Cypress’s trade mark. By volume, I think making it a deep body may help, and bass side too. Cypress would be my first Choice for back and sides, it is readily available than say a nice figured Spanish Cedar or Mountain Cedar. ( what other wood is aromatic but still have some nice grain pattern? Port orford cedar is quite plain) Here comes the question for the soundboard..Cedar, Port orford or non aromatic like Engelmann ? Still I can use kerfed lining,end & heel block, back lining all made out of Cedar. What do you think guys Please share you thought on this. Thanks Dean
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Post by dinodean on Dec 30, 2021 15:19:41 GMT
Anybody care to chime in..?
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Post by Martin on Dec 30, 2021 17:11:03 GMT
I wouldn’t choose wood for a soundboard based on how it smells. If it smells pleasant, then great (a bonus for a sound hole sniffer like me), but surely tone and response are the first considerations, followed at a distance by appearance. The aromatic quality of the wood just does not come into it for me. Sorry
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Post by fretter on Dec 30, 2021 20:30:26 GMT
I agree with Martin - the smell comes a long way behind tone and response. However, I have a guitar with ziricote back and sides which is getting on for ten years old, and it still smells lovely!
Slightly off thread, I have an old wooden mantlepiece clock that stood over the open fireplace at my gran's house until 1989. When the back is oepened, the smell of the room - always a little smoky! - is still there. Evocative.
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Post by dinodean on Dec 31, 2021 1:07:36 GMT
I agree with Martin - the smell comes a long way behind tone and response. However, I have a guitar with ziricote back and sides which is getting on for ten years old, and it still smells lovely! Slightly off thread, I have an old wooden mantlepiece clock that stood over the open fireplace at my gran's house until 1989. When the back is oepened, the smell of the room - always a little smoky! - is still there. Evocative. In general surely I will agree. I have had a dozen of guitars, lowest quality of tone (to my ears) is a $300 Takamine which is boxy and the best being Martin 000 Authentic 1919 along with a Froggy Bottom H-12. So I have had it with tone, size and weight. I am looking for something different that will hold dear for me in years to come. But speaking of soundboard, a Cedar top will make a decent tone won't it ?, and it smells aromatic. So I am thinking I can start from there.
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