Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 8, 2005 Members Posted March 8, 2005 Share your thoughts BTW, this can be multiple choice.
Members solitaire Posted March 8, 2005 Members Posted March 8, 2005 Never heard about Oak bodied intruments. There are also guitars bodied with Bubinga, Ovankol and Nato (among others) - never played one though. Personally I find Walnut and Cherry a bit harsh for my palette.
Members woody b Posted March 8, 2005 Members Posted March 8, 2005 I voted Rosewood, but only Brazilian. I prefer mahogany over EI Rosewood.
Members kwakatak Posted March 9, 2005 Members Posted March 9, 2005 Rosewood all the way. Mahogany and maple sound too bland to me. All the rest I will probably never have the chance to sample.
Members t60 fan Posted March 9, 2005 Members Posted March 9, 2005 I am very pleased with the Tazmanian Blackwood b/s on my Taylor 314 CE L7.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 9, 2005 Author Members Posted March 9, 2005 Bump...this is interesting!
Members riffmeister Posted March 9, 2005 Members Posted March 9, 2005 My dread & OM are both Mahogany, so that's what I'll vote.But wait.......my classicals are Indain and Brazilian Rosewood. Oh shoot........now what am I going to do??
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 9, 2005 Author Members Posted March 9, 2005 Originally posted by riffmeister My dread & OM are both Mahogany, so that's what I'll vote. But wait.......my classicals are Indain and Brazilian Rosewood. Oh shoot........now what am I going to do?? It WAS multiple choice!
Members rh2d Posted March 9, 2005 Members Posted March 9, 2005 I like rosewood on dreads but I'm not sure on the smaller guitars like the OM. Mahogany sure sounds good on them.
Members guitarcapo Posted March 10, 2005 Members Posted March 10, 2005 The ultimate of all the woods in my opinion is African Blackwood. Not for tone...just for status.......... Woods I'd love to try but impossible to find in big enough pieces would be snakewood and pink ivory.
Members flatpick Posted March 13, 2005 Members Posted March 13, 2005 Rosewood the winner by me. It blends the sound much nice and you can hear subtle differences that you don't with the other woods. However, when picking a melody - ie playing single notes, Mahogany sounds pretty good.
Members Chris26356 Posted March 13, 2005 Members Posted March 13, 2005 wheres the plywood? comeon, some people might like plywood. my first guitar was made of plywood
Members fingerstyleman Posted March 13, 2005 Members Posted March 13, 2005 Originally posted by Tioga_Man serious question: Plywood could be rosewood plywood or mahogany plywood. Would they have distinctive sounds or does the manufacturing process and glue completely nullify their original identity? Laminate is widely used for sidea of very expensive guitars. The low end Martins are all composite without derision. It's not bad for tone, its cheap, and most people get started with all laminate guitars. I still own my first ever, a Hohner, and I still play it regularly, but there is little comparison between the Hohner and a good quality all wood unit.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 14, 2005 Author Members Posted March 14, 2005 Originally posted by Chris26356 wheres the plywood? comeon, some people might like plywood. my first guitar was made of plywood I was going to put in a laminate/plywood option, but I ran out of options...this only allows 10. Same reason that I didn't list Braz. and E.I. rosewood separately. Originally posted by Tioga_Man serious question: Plywood could be rosewood plywood or mahogany plywood. Would they have distinctive sounds or does the manufacturing process and glue completely nullify their original identity? Yeah, there's some difference, but it usually doesn't seem as pronounced as when the wood is solid. A friend of mine has Tokai "Cat's Eye" OM with Rw-M-Rw lam. b/s and it sounds surprisingly sweet!
Members solitaire Posted March 14, 2005 Members Posted March 14, 2005 Originally posted by bjorn-fjord COCOBOLO!! Isn't that the tonewood that closest resembles Braz RW? They should use this species more often.
Members solitaire Posted March 14, 2005 Members Posted March 14, 2005 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall Yeah, there's some difference, but it usually doesn't seem as pronounced as when the wood is solid.A friend of mine has Tokai "Cat's Eye" OM with Rw-M-Rw lam. b/s and it sounds surprisingly sweet! Isn't that because the wood when laminated by method becomes harder and the glue kills some of its overtones, usually resulting in honky and stiff sounding guitars?
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 15, 2005 Author Members Posted March 15, 2005 Originally posted by solitaire Isn't that because the wood when laminated by method becomes harder and the glue kills some of its overtones, usually resulting in honky and stiff sounding guitars? On the top, yeah, pretty much, but on the back and/or sides, there's a considerable difference of opinion... The biggest issue about lam. backs/sides is the repair problems if one gets dropped...hard to fix, impossible to fix "invisibly".
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