OM - Demo video - Spruce/Cedar with Indian Rosewood
Nov 18, 2023 12:44:12 GMT
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Post by Oska Burman Guitars on Nov 18, 2023 12:44:12 GMT
Hello all! I hope everyone is well.
This is a sound comparison video between Spruce & Cedar topped guitars. I built these two guitars this year for a client in the USA. They are both long scale OM's and are identical in all respects, except for their soundboards - one being European Spruce (Picea abies), the other being Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata).
(Build thread & finished pictures can be found here).
It gave me a really good chance to make such a video, as we are essentially comparing the tops alone. There will obviously be small differences in the other components, as they were handmade by a human (albeit the same human), even though they are the same species of woods. But in saying that, the Indian Rosewood sets are almost consecutively cut pieces (from Stefan Sobell's wood stash) & all other components are from the same supplier/batch, so they should be very similar in that regard.
This video is not to demonstrate my guitar playing ability! These days, my skills lie in the making, not the playing. So, for this demonstration, to the best of my ability & skillset, I tried to play three different styles - fingerstyle, strumming & drop tuning (DADGAD).
The other specs are as follows:
- Model: OM
- Indian Rosewood back & sides
- Ebony fingerboard, bridge, front headplate & truss rod cover
- Mahogany neck w/ carbon fibre inserts & 2-way adjustable truss rod
- Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic rosette
- Tasmanian blackwood bindings, endgraft & heelcap
- Flamed maple purflings
- English Walnut back headplate
- White MOP headstock inlay & side fret position markers
- Vintage style White MOP diamond inlays - front
- European Spruce internal bracing
- Bone bridge pins
- Unbleached bone nut & saddle
- Gold Gotoh 510 machine heads with Ironwood buttons
- Finish: Gloss lacquer
- EVO gold fretwire
- 25.4" (645mm) scale length
Audio & video recording: Jill Ryan (JJ Ryan Mandolins).
Audio & video editing: Myself
As always, a good pair of headphones or speakers will do the trick.
Hope you enjoy.
This is a sound comparison video between Spruce & Cedar topped guitars. I built these two guitars this year for a client in the USA. They are both long scale OM's and are identical in all respects, except for their soundboards - one being European Spruce (Picea abies), the other being Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata).
(Build thread & finished pictures can be found here).
It gave me a really good chance to make such a video, as we are essentially comparing the tops alone. There will obviously be small differences in the other components, as they were handmade by a human (albeit the same human), even though they are the same species of woods. But in saying that, the Indian Rosewood sets are almost consecutively cut pieces (from Stefan Sobell's wood stash) & all other components are from the same supplier/batch, so they should be very similar in that regard.
This video is not to demonstrate my guitar playing ability! These days, my skills lie in the making, not the playing. So, for this demonstration, to the best of my ability & skillset, I tried to play three different styles - fingerstyle, strumming & drop tuning (DADGAD).
The other specs are as follows:
- Model: OM
- Indian Rosewood back & sides
- Ebony fingerboard, bridge, front headplate & truss rod cover
- Mahogany neck w/ carbon fibre inserts & 2-way adjustable truss rod
- Hawaiian Koa tiled mosaic rosette
- Tasmanian blackwood bindings, endgraft & heelcap
- Flamed maple purflings
- English Walnut back headplate
- White MOP headstock inlay & side fret position markers
- Vintage style White MOP diamond inlays - front
- European Spruce internal bracing
- Bone bridge pins
- Unbleached bone nut & saddle
- Gold Gotoh 510 machine heads with Ironwood buttons
- Finish: Gloss lacquer
- EVO gold fretwire
- 25.4" (645mm) scale length
Audio & video recording: Jill Ryan (JJ Ryan Mandolins).
Audio & video editing: Myself
As always, a good pair of headphones or speakers will do the trick.
Hope you enjoy.
Jo whoever he is.
