Andy Culpepper -> RE: Guitar #128 blanca (Jun. 26 2021 3:21:29)
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Wow, thank you all for the kind words! I don't make as many videos as I used to anymore as I feel like my playing skill (and motivation) have deteriorated, but I suppose I'm still good for short/simple falsetas [:)] quote:
What is it about the spruce you mention that you prefer it for your Flamenco tops? Honestly it's not something that's really measurable, that I can tell anyway. Density and stiffness are mostly in the normal ranges, though the cross-grain stiffness can be quite high. A lot of the Spruce I've gotten from my Turkish supplier (Akustik) is not the prettiest, with pronounced color variations and some with a fair bit of runout. I keep telling myself "surely this fine, premium quality European picea abies will make better guitars, I should use that", but that damn picea orientalis keeps proving me wrong. There is some kind of magic in it!
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