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jshelton5040 -> RE: wood choices for soundboard strutting (Nov. 29 2016 22:34:29)

I guess I'm one of those who "muddied the waters". I don't like sitka spruce even though I live in the middle of it's range. I won't use it for either tops or braces.

But I am content to be a humble craftsman instead of an "artist".



Escribano -> RE: wood choices for soundboard strutting (Nov. 29 2016 22:46:06)

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Am I confused with this ropi thing?


You and me both [:D]



estebanana -> RE: wood choices for soundboard strutting (Nov. 30 2016 0:26:47)

Ropey, like rope. Wood that has qualities that make it break in tough strands, or pull up in rough strands when you plane it. Or if you make braces they are pliable and rope like.

Saying ropey or rope like about wood is hyperbole, it's over emphasizing a quality to make a point.

Some woods really are ropey or more rope like than others. Certain parts of trees are more rope like. If you take a small branch, fresh cut, and twist it like you are wringing out a wet towel, it may split along the grain and turn into a long fiberous bunch thick strands. Like a rope that has been untwisted.

Sorry for the hours of agony pondering that. [:D]



Anders Eliasson -> RE: wood choices for soundboard strutting (Nov. 30 2016 7:58:26)

Thanks Stephen
I think I know what you mean now. Cedar for necks can be like that?. Funny enough, the Sitka that has been in my hands have had very little ropey feel. On the contrary, it has been very smooth and with very little twist.
That Caucassian spruce that I have had has all been very stiff, kind of heavy, coarse surface when sanding . It did not have this flex thing that Ricardo explained and which I find to be typical for Sitka spruce. It also has to be worked on its own premisses.



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