Anders Eliasson -> RE: Alternative back and side woods (May 16 2007 18:31:22)
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Alaska yellow Cedar is the same as Canadian Cypress. I have made 1 guitar of it (Simons) and its one of the best I´ve made. I find it to be a very nice piece of wood for backs and sides and if I lived on the other side of the big Dam, I would use it more. I bought some sets from Acoustic woods on Vancouver islad and the wood is just perfect. with very narrow straight grain tons of silking. It has absolutely no figuring, so it looks a bit dull. The smell of it when you work it is like the inside of the pockets of some hippie Afghan coat. [:D] There are many tonewoods which are not just alternatives, but as good as anything else you can buy. A problem is that it can be difficult to sell, because guitar buyers can be very conservative
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