Anders Eliasson -> RE: Englemann Spruce (Nov. 2 2008 23:06:05)
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I dont get your point. Why do you want Cedar to be as thin as Spruce? A sounds very bad when you work it so thin. I know many other professional luthiers and none would agree with you. Cedar is softer, yes, but its a LOT lightter as well, so leaving cedar some 0,4 - 0,5mm thicker doesnt make it heavyer and it might even be stiffer. I personally like cedar for some guitars. Classicals, hybrids and Flamenco Negras I like very much with cedar. I dont prefer it over spruce but I find it to be equally good. Another thing is that Cedar has another tone or voice and this you might like or not. FX, I prefer spruce over cedar when it comes to Flamenco Blancas. I´ve made, I dont know, some 15 - 20 guitars with Engelmann Spruce. Its a great spruce, but I find it to be a little bit softer than Euro Spruce... But I also find it to be a little bit lighter, so I just left it a little bit thicker... Just a little bit... And I liked it. If my (and many others) feelings about Engelmann are correct, Then it means according to your thinking that Euro is superior to Engelmann?? In this case I would have to disagree.... I think they are both very good, but you have to work them differently. Back to the initial question, experience with Engelmann. I personal find that its an easyer tonewood than Euro. This because the trees are a lot bigger, so when you order the wood you get a lot of sets which are virtually identical. I ordered 10 sets from Canada and they were so even that they could be mixed without problems. In general, Engelmann is also more even over the grain than Euro. Its easy to find tops which have the same grain width on the whole board. All This makes building easyer because you dont have to compensate for differency in the wood. Why dont I work Engelmann anymore. First, I´m in Europe, so I get Euro tops cheaper than Americans, and it is a very good tonewood and a lot of clients will only accept euro spruce. second. I didn´t find a good supplier. There were way to many problems with Run-out and this I dont like at all. I´ve had less problemswith run-out on euro tops.
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