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Qualities Inherent in Different Rosewoods for a Negra
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Anders Eliasson
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RE: Qualities Inherent in Different ... (in reply to BarkellWH)
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Basically, I think the well known rosewoods, like Indian, Braz, Madagascar, Honduras have the same quality. The problem nowadays is more how well its been cut and a lot of cheating. For the moment, I wont use Braz. Its a total cheat what is going on with a lot of whatever brown colored wood being sold or used as Braz. The cheat is all way through the system. From millers, to sellers to builders. You pay a lot of money for a pretty piece of whatever that may be inferior soundwise to a cheap level Indian Rosewood. Maybe the Brazz myth was true once, but I find it to be totally dead now. Besides its basically illegal to use. madagascar and many other rosewoods like Cocobolo has the problem that the pieces are poorly cut with flatsawn figures in the middle of the two pieces. This is happening to a lot of non rosewood specias as well, like Malaysean Blackwood, Caviuna and others, where finding a well quatered piece is now very difficult.
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Date Mar. 26 2010 0:29:22
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Peter Tsiorba
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RE: Qualities Inherent in Different ... (in reply to BarkellWH)
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ORIGINAL: BarkellWH ...I would be interested in the opinions of members of this forum... regarding the qualities inherent in the various rosewoods used in negras. Judging the qualities of different rosewoods and the specific role they play in individual guitars is a bit like having a wine tasting discussion over the merits of different grapes. Too many different grape varieties out there, and even more winemakers. So many styles of wine. Speaking personally, I can only estimate how each wood is going to change a guitar, and in which specific direction. It is not even the most objective guess, but one based on my intuition as a builder and limited experience with similar woods used before. I certainly attempt to build the best guitar I can, no matter which materials I work with. Anders and John, I'm in agreement with your sentiment, well prepared wood goes a long way. How it is selected and resawn may be even more important than the type of wood used. In the end, wood comes from trees, and they are organic, living creatures. Like people, they don't seem to appreciate being pigeon-holed :) So, I try to have an open-minded conversation with each one of them as I build :)
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Date Mar. 27 2010 10:03:57
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