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Dave Rickard

Post subject: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2026 11:03 am

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at one of our zoom meetings I mentioned plans to make a guitar out of scrap from our deck build.
Cedar top, rosseta, sides, back, and neck with ziricote finger board, bridge and head plate and walnut for the binding and rings on the rosseta.

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These users thanked the author Dave Rickard for the post (total 4): Kbore (Fri Apr 24, 2026 1:36 am) • Ken Nagy (Sun Apr 05, 2026 9:03 am) • SteveSmith (Sat Apr 04, 2026 12:17 pm) • Darrel Friesen (Sat Apr 04, 2026 11:55 am)

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Deegz

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2026 12:33 pm

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Good job!! Looks good. It’s alot of work to mill up all that cedar and turn it into a guitar. Pretty cool that it came from your house!

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Mark Mc

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2026 4:56 pm

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Nice. I bet it is light, and smells good!
Is the pickguard cedar too? That might be my only worry as it dents and scratches so easily. But I guess then you put a new one on once in a while, if needs be.
Thanks for sharing.

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Darrel Friesen

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2026 5:08 pm

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Looks great Dave. I'll bet it sounds good and is light as a feather!

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Dave Rickard

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2026 8:15 pm

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Mark Mc wrote:

Thanks Mark, It weighs about 3lb 5oz. Good point about the pick guard the main part is maple inlays are walnut mahogany and 2x4. Made it several years ago inspired by one I saw online

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Ken Nagy

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 9:10 am

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I must build light. My little Padauk Stauffer is only 2.5 pounds; but it is small. My 16” redwood/maple arch top is 3 lb, 12 oz.
I've made viola bellies out of cedar decking, and it worked great; I have a small Torres neck made of cedar. Don't know how that worked yet.

Funny, I was just thinking about that song by the Fixx and mentioning it in the blog post for tomorrow.

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John How

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 12:07 pm

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Looking really good, I just happen to have a set of mahogany back and sides and a cedar top… Been sitting in my wood storage for at least a dozen years just waiting… I think I know what to do with it now…

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rbuddy

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 9:26 pm

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I'd be interested in knowing what kind of "cedar" we are all talking about.

Top looks like western red, is it?

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Dave Rickard

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 8:06 am

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rbuddy wrote:

I'd be interested in knowing what kind of "cedar" we are all talking about.

Top looks like western red, is it?

I believe it is Western Red. It was left over from a deck we had built.

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Dave Rickard

Post subject: Re: Cedar guitar

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 8:08 am

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John How wrote:

Some folks believe hog with cedar top makes the best sounding guitar.

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