Ruphus -> RE: Blanca/Negra Hybrid????? (Sep. 4 2011 11:23:45)
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I remember guitar history geeks mentioning that Torres wasn´t really meaning that B&S weren´t relevant, despite his paper maché demo. Everyone agrees on the relevance of the soundboard, but I assume the bearing of the top ( corpus with neck et al ) to an extent be contributing to how the soundboard will perform. - Years ago, folks in the audio recording community discovered that the common microphone suspense ( with rubber strings ) mustn´t be the optimal construction. Then, a manufacturer released rigid mic holders of solid metal and users made comparisons, raving about results with the rigid specimens. As long as there be no rumble from the floor to deal with, the new holders seemed to outperform the old suspense, and appeared to sell pretty well in the end, despite the rediculous prices inquired. The reason, as I fancy, could be that the more rigid the "shell" ( corpus ) the more immediately a membrane might respond. In the seventies a similar principle was utilized for speaker construction too. ( With today, I believe, there being attempts to replace mass through rigid housing construction.) IOW, conversly: The more responsive the shell the more retroactive and either building-up or cancelling / dampening effect of certain frequencies there will be on the membrane. All in all I suppose a retension feedback to capsule / membrane / soundboard to be happening. In sight of guitars my impression is that encreased mass and desnsity will result in lag of sound emission, hence bottling up; consequently deeper / velvet timbre. ( Also I recall luthiers´ explanations as another example, according to which diameter of the soundboard specially in the area around the fretboards end will influence sweetness / sharpness of trebles.) Analog, my impression of rosewood B&S is that it will mean rather substantial ( deeply rooted ) tone, hence sweet highs and mellow basses. Whereas blancas will rather be typical for a less complex soundfield, ergo immediate / faster and dry release with less prominent overtones. Which is why I personally deem blancas as in general best suited for flamenco. Notwithstanding the question whether because of practical characteristics like percussiveness ( as I think ), or just because of us being used to a traditional sound of a poor man´s genre that used to be widely stuffed with cheaper makes of cypress ( as some conclude ). Ruphus
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