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What is a 'Negra' ?
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Anders Eliasson
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RE: What is a 'Negra' ? (in reply to krichards)
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In my opinion all woods for backs and sides have their sound. Thats one of the reasons that some people think that Flamenco Negras made with rosewoods sound classical. Because most classicals are made with rosewoods as well. So the two guitars share this woods basic sound. Another thing is that a good flamenco and a good classical guitar are very different beasts made to work with different esthetics. Density is important, but so is weight and of course damping. Even though you might find a piece of Maple with more or less the same weight and density as some rosewoods, it´ll sound different. They have very different tap tones, different damping and a different amount of oil. I´m personally trying to stick with Med. Cypress and EI Rosewood. They are top end woods, relatively easy to get (cypress is getting difficult) and relatively ok priced and easy to sell. I wont buy any latin rosewoods anymore. The market is full of cheat, high prices, low quality etc. bad for business. I sometimes do tests. I have different rosewoods, Malaysean Blackwood, Padauk, Myrtle, CDN cypress. Go ahead and use African Mahogany. I dont like the looks of Sapelly. It reminds me of doors in cheap apartments and there are many of them, but I´m sure you can make a nice guitar out of the wood. You could try Padauk as well. Very nice sound but splintery.
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