Palo escrito

Costs are rising and times are tough.
Please consider a donation to keep this
place going.

Welcome to one of the most active flamenco sites on the Internet. Guests can read most posts but if you want to participate click here to register.

This site is dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, Ron Mitchell, Guy Williams, Linda Elvira, Philip John Lee, Craig Eros, Ben Woods, David Serva and Tom Blackshear who went ahead of us.

We receive 12,200 visitors a month from 200 countries and 1.7 million page impressions a year. To advertise on this site please contact us.

Palo escrito

You are logged in as Guest

Users viewing this topic: none

Printable Version

All Forums >>Discussions >>Lutherie >>

Page: [1]

Message

<< Newer Topic Older Topic >>

jrabbani

Posts: 192
Joined: Jun. 28 2006
From: Los Angeles

Palo escrito

hey guys, new to the group

i was wondering if anyone can give me any feedback on mexican rosewood aka "palo escrito"...how does it compare to brazilian or indian rosewood? im on the market for a negra, and since i live in LA, i went to art valdez, and he said he builds his negras with palo escrito, a wood i was unfamilar with until i spoke with him. so any feedback? thanks guys!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2006 5:17:05

Armando

Posts: 302
Joined: May 27 2005
From: Zürich, Switzerland

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to jrabbani)

Hi jrabbani

Palo escrito is a true dalbegia rosewood native to mexico. It's the nr. one tonewood used by mexican luthiers of Paracho. You may also find some comments about this tonewood on lmii.com

Palo escrito is lighter than most other dalbergias and it has attractive grain patterns. Tonewise it is very resonant, but due to the lower density it produces less sustain than indian or brazilian rosewood. Therefore i believe that is is a great tonewood for flamenca negras.

Palo escrito is also less expencive than first choice indian or madagascar rosewood.

I hope this helps.

_____________________________

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2006 6:16:46

jrabbani

Posts: 192
Joined: Jun. 28 2006
From: Los Angeles

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to Armando)

thanks armando, quite informative!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2006 6:31:50

Guest

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to jrabbani)

Hi

I´ve made a Negra with Palo Escrito, and it turned out very nice. nice response. The looks of the wood is something personal. I find it to be dull, but the sound characteristics are very nice. Nice taptone and the lower density makes for a lively response. the guitar I build had very nice singing trebles.
I will build with it again. But since I get Indian Rosewood cheaper than Palo Escrito, it´s my first choice for Negras

_____________________________

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2006 7:04:09

jrabbani

Posts: 192
Joined: Jun. 28 2006
From: Los Angeles

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to Guest)

anders, how would you compare it to indian and brazilian? as far as sound and response is concerned. i really dont care for the aesthetic qualities juxtaposed to the response of the wood(s).

thanks

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2006 7:13:10

jrabbani

Posts: 192
Joined: Jun. 28 2006
From: Los Angeles

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to Guest)

oh yea, anders, check out the fine wood work on my pantoja in my profile, im sure you would appreciate its unique design. more importantly, she has a sweet, warm tone

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 30 2006 7:20:31

TANúñez

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

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to jrabbani)

I'm finishing up a negra with Palo Escrito. I like the aesthetics of this wood. I hear they make good negras so I'll soon be finding out.

Images are resized automatically to a maximum width of 800px

Attachment (1)

_____________________________

Tom Núñez
www.instagram.com/tanunezguitars

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 1 2006 18:54:34

jrabbani

Posts: 192
Joined: Jun. 28 2006
From: Los Angeles

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to TANúñez)

well please do let me know how it turns out!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 1 2006 20:10:43

Ramón

Posts: 440
Joined: Feb. 23 2005
From: La Jolla, Ca

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to jrabbani)

Hola all,

Tomas....nice wood. Is that they Reyes you are building? Or with a blanca, too?

I noticed the reinforcement strip goes almost all the way? Do you trim later for the heel block, or?

Luis Sevillano uses this wood a lot, and he's like 1/2 hour away from me across the border, so I may go grab something from him (given that I build again!). That way, I can steal something nice from my buddy!

Almost done with Binding Hell....will post photos later in Flamenco 9!

Saludos

R

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 2 2006 16:06:25

Guest

RE: Palo escrito (in reply to jrabbani)

Jrabbani

Well, if I have to compare with Indian and Brazilean, I would say it´s different

It´s lighter and less dense and makes for a lighter more singy negra, less serious, less dark, both in tonal and visual aspects, but I only build one

_____________________________

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 2 2006 17:53:38

Page: [1]

All Forums >>Discussions >>Lutherie >>

Page: [1]

Jump to:

New Messages	No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages	Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages	Locked w/o New Messages

Post New Thread

Reply to Message

Post New Poll

Submit Vote

Delete My Own Post

Delete My Own Thread

Rate Posts

0.046875 secs.