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When I think about tonewood comparisons I always think of Lowden. And the reason is that you can experience spruce or cedar, and a good variety of back/side woods on very similar guitars. I think it makes for a good ability to compare.
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Close, but I think of it as the type of small talk casual conversation you have with a friend over a beer or while sitting on the beach. And it sparks small conversations between friends with like-minded interests.
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Hey, I really enjoyed your post, Fazool. And while your musings on these woods aren't what my musings on them would be, that's precisely what made it interesting to read.
If you ever make up here to Darkest Alaska, Fazool, stop by my house here in Chugiak and I'll hand you a number of instruments with backs and sides of koa or walnut to play. Koa's one of the greatest tonewoods that there is when you get the good-sounding stuff, and black walnut's not too shabby, either. Wade Hampton Miller |
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I enjoyed your musings; it was coherent and concise. My present tonewood musings are:
I don't like to have more than 2 or 3 guitars at any one time, so I have to stick with the tried and true. For me that means it must have a spruce top, sitka or adi, I like 'em both. As far as b&s, mahogany won't lead me astray. I'm not really into rosewood, it sounds too predictable and ho-hum; not a lot of cut in it. In the right guitar, though, it can be pretty smooth, like in a J-45, whose short scale and body size lends itself to adding the extra cut needed for rosewood. I also like maple, but it's trickier. I like maple that sounds really dry, like it's a 50 year old guitar. I don't want it to sound shrill and tinny. Next up would be walnut, but I'm still coming around to figuring out whether I like it or not. |
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I also think of Lowden when I think of tonewoods, but Lowdens have their distinctive sounds. I'd like to say I think they've made me like walnut, but I need to play walnut guitars by other makers. Bet I'd still like it. I do think I understand rosewood, but beyond that, I can't separate tonewood from who made the guitar, or the shape and bracing. |
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I think I finally found the Merlot of guitars -- that meaning, a mixture of a bunch of decent grapes. It's a very humble Breedlove Revival DR Deluxe rosewood dreadnought, but it sounds halfway in between a hog and a rosewood. It's a fraction of the cost of many guitars but it's a sonic mutt, and is easy enough to play, so that has me entertained at the moment. I like maple guitars okay but it seems to me they just aren't very loud. They are great for 12-strings because they are "fast" sounding and decay quickly. A rosewood 12-string for quick fingerstyle pieces can be kind of a mess. |
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No I've never thought os that combination. You've definitely piqued my interest, though.
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