aarongreen -> RE: A very hot Negra made of Coral and Cedar (May 7 2007 13:12:04)
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Aaron, Coral is the Spanish word for Padauk. African tonewood, which comes in big planks, very straight grain and perfectly quatered. Its splintery, so it should be worked with care. It leaves bright orange sticky dust everywhere and its a pain to finish because it stains a lot. With respect of comparing it to Braz rosewood. I dont know. I´m a bit tired of this comparision because everything is getting compared to braz. Its a bit absurd IMO. I have tried 3 or 4 guitars with Coaral, incl. my own and they had the same characteristics. Loud and bright for being a negra and maybe not so many sound colors as rosewoods. In total a very good flamenco tonewood. I think the cedar top gives it more depth. Cedar topped negras are quite modern in Spain these days. I see your point. The last person to make the brazilian comparision was a wood dealer who had quite a lot of very old, very fine rosewood. Alan Carruth was also rather impressed with Paduak, although the tendency to split when working with it was the reason he never kept with it. Like any wood it is it's own thing but the aspect of comparison that is very favorable is it's damping, ie internal friction. Brazilian has very low damping, which is why its so well suited for guitarmaking. Paduak seems to have similar qualites and that is a very good thing. Another is the fact that it is available in very good quality. In any case congrats on another lovely guitar. I am stringing up one or two myself today. Six of them in this batch. I must be nuts.
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