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Tom Blackshear -> RE: Englemann Spruce (Nov. 19 2008 7:55:25)
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ORIGINAL: krichards
This thread has wandered around somewhat but I think the concensus from the experienced builders runs like this??
1 There's not much to choose between Euro Spruce and Engelmann and you can build in a very similar way with them: thin 2.0 to 2.2 mm?
2 Cedar makes a good flamenco but because it is less dense you need to use it thicker, generally, to maintain enough stiffness? maybe 2.5 mm or more?
3 Sitka isn't used much (but I'm not sure why. After all, its a standard choice for steel strung guitars). Maybe if Sitka was a native European species it would have been used more?
We have to take into account that these varieties of woods measure differently against their own parts but the designs haven't really been discussed here.
I built a classical guitar recently with 2.2 mm cedar top and it was completely intact with its sound and construction. The plan with this was a 7 fan brace and structured to where it accommodated the cedar top just fine. Here is the picture on the left side of my front page.
http://tguitars.home.texas.net/index.htm
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