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| Author: | EddieLee [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
What tone woods do you love to build with that are not BWR, Cocobolo, ABW? What tonal flavor does it have? On the other side. What tone woods have you tried that you did NOT like? Anyone build with Tasmanian Blackwood? What did you think of it? |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
My favorite -affordable- tonewood is veneer. It has allowed me to create back and side sets from beautiful woods for less than $50 a set ( including BRW, lauro pretto, monkey pod , amazon rosewood, kingwood, and a number of others.). |
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| Author: | Haans [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
When I was building, White Oak. Hard white oak is straightforward and punchy. Back is around 10-25% of the tone of the instrument, top wood and bracing being the major contributor to the tone. |
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| Author: | JSDenvir [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Wenge and padauk. I don't particularly like working with them, but I like the results. Steve |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Of the 50 plus guitars I have made there was only one that I didn't like and it was made with cherry but it was also a double top and that's why I don't like it. I've made a few others with cherry and they were fine. I don't claim to have the experience to really know but I don't think the backs and sides are very important to tone. How they are braces, thickness, stiffness, laminated and so on might make more of a difference in tone then the actual species. So far I have used walnut, cherry, maple, Imbuia, rosewood, mahogany, bacotti, white oak and probably something else I can't think of. The white oak guitars have been my favorite followed by Imbuia. But again... grain of salt and all that. |
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| Author: | Alan Carruth [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
There are so many good ones.... I really like the guitars I get from oak; I just wish they were easier to sell. Cherry's nice too, and so is walnut, and Osage orange and black locust, and... |
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
I have built with T'Zalam (Mayan Walnut) and have been pleased with the tone and the appearance. It can be had relatively inexpensively... |
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| Author: | truckjohn [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Lol... I would remove Honduras Mahogany from the "affordable" list now.. I was amazed to see that H Mahogany at Stew Mac costs within $10/set of IRW.... Crazy! But.... For me - "affordable" is whatever I can mill out of boards or oddball stuff that nobody else is looking at... So far - QS Oak, Cherry, African mahogany, Sapele, Birch, and walnut... These seem to be available in good quality lumber/sets at very reasonable prices.... But I have a few sets of oddball stuff like: Jarrah and Wandoo Sheoak Australian native olive Osage orange And all that stuff was fairly cheap (when I got it) and I don't really see significant price inflation on it. |
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| Author: | Clinchriver [ Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
White Oak, Curly Maple, Black Locust, I enjoy using wood I've cut, dried and resawn. |
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Myrtle (Oregon Laurel or Pepperwood). It's easy to work and bend, sounds bright like Maple but has a nice balance, finishes easily (no open pores) and it's not expensive. I like the coloring, too, not at all boring. |
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| Author: | Braedyn [ Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Clay S. wrote: My favorite -affordable- tonewood is veneer. It has allowed me to create back and side sets from beautiful woods for less than $50 a set ( including BRW, lauro pretto, monkey pod , amazon rosewood, kingwood, and a number of others.). How exactly do you make the backs? Do you sandwich the main back wood between two pieces of veneer? If so, which wood do you prefer to use, and do you find the addition of the veneer has any effect on the tone? Thanks! |
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Narra, muninga, west African padouk. Gombeira, but it's hard to find. Movingui. Hmmm... none of them domestics, I should go local. |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Hi Braedyn, Some time ago I aquired a few thousand feet of veneer that was surplus from a company that made veneered panels. It is sequence matched "leaves" that I reglue back together in the order they were cut. Some of the pieces were "extra" pieces that weren't needed and some of it was "off fall" - the left overs from veneering an eight foot panel from an eleven foot piece of veneer. Much of it is the old (60 yrs +/-) thicker veneers that were hoarded by someone, like myself, who hated to see beautiful veneers hit the dumpster. 3 to 4 sheets of matched veneer bring it up to the thickness of a back or side. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Mahogany is my favorite wood for both bodies and necks. I think my best instruments have been double side Mahogany/some kind of spruce combos. |
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| Author: | bftobin [ Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Sapele, bubinga, and ovangkol. All very reasonable at around $50.00/set unless you go for high figure. Brent |
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| Author: | Tim L [ Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Mahogany. Versatile, comes in a variety of figuring, and sounds good. |
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| Author: | ernie [ Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Eastern black walnut, for workability .availabity. price. smell , aesthetics, etc . I work with many other species of wood but it/s my favorite wood. |
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| Author: | Mark Fogleman [ Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Clay S. wrote: Hi Braedyn, Some time ago I aquired a few thousand feet of veneer that was surplus from a company that made veneered panels. It is sequence matched "leaves" that I reglue back together in the order they were cut. Some of the pieces were "extra" pieces that weren't needed and some of it was "off fall" - the left overs from veneering an eight foot panel from an eleven foot piece of veneer. Much of it is the old (60 yrs +/-) thicker veneers that were hoarded by someone, like myself, who hated to see beautiful veneers hit the dumpster. 3 to 4 sheets of matched veneer bring it up to the thickness of a back or side. What glue are you using and what press method? |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
I'm using West System epoxy with the clear hardener and pressing over a form or between two sheets of smooth faced material with as many clamps as will fit. The other point I would stress when using this method is to dry the veneer before gluing as much as practicable. I also like to leave it in the form until cured (about a week). This seems to make the end product very stabile. |
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| Author: | tysam [ Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Ovangkol for me. easy to work and finish. I have built three with different top woods and all turned out as I figured they would tonewise. Cheap sets can still be found consistently. |
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| Author: | bftobin [ Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
I recently added some Pau Rosa to my stash that I got a great price on. Never used it before and can't find much info. Anyone here tried it ? Brent |
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| Author: | nkforster [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Khaya. Looks nice, works great. Vey cheap in the UK/Europe. |
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| Author: | Corky Long [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
ernie wrote: Eastern black walnut, for workability .availabity. price. smell , aesthetics, etc . I work with many other species of wood but it/s my favorite wood. Ernie, I like Black Walnut, too, and I don't mind the smell, but I think you could say it's an "acquired taste" - there's definitely an element of barnyard in the aroma.... |
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| Author: | Bryan Bear [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Corky Long wrote: ernie wrote: Eastern black walnut, for workability .availabity. price. smell , aesthetics, etc . I work with many other species of wood but it/s my favorite wood. Ernie, I like Black Walnut, too, and I don't mind the smell, but I think you could say it's an "acquired taste" - there's definitely an element of barnyard in the aroma.... It's funny how sense perceptions work in different people. I wouldn't describe it as barnyard at all. I love the sweet smell of walnut. |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What is Your Favorite affordable Tone Wood. |
Can't go wrong with mahogany. |
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