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El Kiko
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Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland
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RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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Its strange that this should come up , a while ago i was reading about people examining and making instruments out of various old woods , and some of them came to the conclusion that old wood was not as good as what people previously thought for making instruments , as with time the minuscule chambers left within the wood itself, had with time , shrank and the wood therefore became less 'sonorous' as oppose to new wood , dried and cured properly would have a better tone ... of course this would depend on , the type of wood ... the storage it was in and how it was treated and cut .. some things i know of were made out of logs , that were found on the bottom of a lake , low oxygen environment , for 100 years more or less , and looked good , but weren't as spectacular as the expectations were.. Of course all this is so subjective that it probably means nothing at all , and a really good good Luther ...like , lets say Andy Culpepper, or maybe Ethan Deutsch ...who are obviously the best in the world , can make an instrument out of plywood and it will be as fine as any other .... can i have a free guitar now ???
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Date Aug. 2 2014 9:01:30
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constructordeguitarras
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From: Seattle, Washington, USA
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RE: Andaman Islands Padauk (in reply to tijeretamiel)
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Ethan - just out of curiousity what is your favourite tonewood choice for negras? I really liked the sound of the Pau Ferro you built not too long ago. Tijeretamiel-- A customer and I compared two guitars I made, one with Brazilian rosewood back and sides and the other with Pau Ferro back and sides. We could detect no difference in sound or responsiveness. I think the Brazilian rosewood is perhaps prettier--or maybe it's just the mystique (How to be objective about it?). However, the Pau Ferro is much easier to finish, as the BR has bigger pores and bleeds more. So actually the Pau Ferro is my favorite for that "velvety" sound (as Ruphus put it once). On the other hand (are there three hands?), Indian rosewood gives a sound that is more closely related, somehow (raspiness?), to a blanca's sound, perhaps more flamenco in some sense. It is also hard to finish, perhaps hardest, with the biggest pores. So it depends what kind of sound you want. I think everyone should have at least one of each.
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Date Aug. 2 2014 21:49:28
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