Anders Eliasson -> RE: Cedar vs Spruce tops (Apr. 20 2009 5:06:47)
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Westen red Cedar and Spruce are two VERY good top woods. None is better than the other. They sound different, but its not so that spruce is treblyer etc. In fact Cedar can have VERY strong trebles and lots of bite. I agree that cedar sounds better when new and that spruce takes longer time to open up. One backdraw is that cedar is soft, so dents, etc tend to be deep. Yes cedar is softer both cross and legth wise, but its also lighter and this equals things. You just build a little bit thicker. Güiro, your guitar looks like a cedar top blanca. 2,6mm is thick IMO. I work cedar a little bit thinner on flamenco guitars. Around 2,4 - 2,5 and I brace them as I do my spruce top guitars. I like cedar a lot. Right now I´m building a cedar top blanca with a soundport. Wetern red cedar is a very good material for building canoes as well. Nice wood.[;)]
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