Spruce projection

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Miguel de Maria

Posts: 3532
Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ

Spruce projection

It was funny, I was playing my new Tezanos Perez negra and then my Francisco Navarro (a builder in Mexico), and to my dismay, it seemed the Navarro was fuller and louder. But when I played Soleres for my wife with both guitars, she said the TP was about twice as loud! It's funny, I wonder if it has something to do with spruce projecting more, but the cedar tops having a fuller, more substantial sound to the player.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 6 2005 16:15:42

TANúñez

Posts: 2559
Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: Spruce projection (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Your TP is also a negra isn't it? I think negra's tend to project more than blancas. As for the volume, you'd have to see which has the thinner top, number of braces, thickness of braces, etc,etc. There's a whole lot of variables involved.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 6 2005 17:43:08

Patrick

Posts: 1189
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon

RE: Spruce projection (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Miguel,

Your TP being a full body negra is a real canon for projection. Have someone play it while you are in a large room and you will see what I'm talking about.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 6 2005 18:07:05