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cypress availability these days in spain
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kitarist
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 RE: cypress availability these days ... (in reply to rafapak)
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ORIGINAL: rafapak
https://www.zavaletas-guitarras.com/zavaletas-blog/2015/7/19/the-guitar-and-its-woods
'' The flamenco guitars are usually made with Spanish cypress, an attractive blond wood that is extremely light, and can be worked much thinner than rosewood. It is the use of thin, light cypress for the back and sides that helps give flamenco guitars their vibrant and distinctive sound. The choice of cypress over other woods, nonetheless, appears to have been a question of building affordable guitars. Few flamenco players could afford anything else, and cypress was abundant and cheap in Spain. In recent years, however, high quality cypress has become increasingly difficult to obtain.''
You can ask James what he meant (in 2015) here: https://profiles.arizona.edu/person/jgreenbe
I can't find any evidence that there is a general decline in abundance or quality of Mediterranean cypress; maybe he is mostly referring to prices for 'guitar quality' cypress rising over time. I am sure the luthiers here or other knowledgeable folks will chime in. Still, unless you are starting a guitar-making business, this should not affect you much - presumably you are planning to buy a built guitar, not the raw materials for it.
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), there comes a time and desire to protect those trees. A lot of guitar builders use a similar wood from Turkey. The reason Indian Rosewood was never an issue is because the tree is well regulated (they plant them or whatever is required). I know in Brazil and South America in general, poachers would bypass laws by cutting trees and sending them down the river, crossing boarders “naturally”. Consuming resources is a global concern and should be a no brainer by this point the how and why of things like this. 