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| Author: | Pat Hawley [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Mahogany Top Guitar |
I have someone who is asking me to build him a mahogany topped guitar (all mahogany dreadnought actually). Can anyone advise me on what approximate thickness I should be aiming for in the top? Also, in terms of sound, can anyone offer comparative words to describe a mahogany top guitar as compared to a sikta spruce top guitar? Thanks, Pat |
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| Author: | Jeremy Douglas [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mahogany Top Guitar |
Pat Hawley wrote: Also, in terms of sound, can anyone offer comparative words to describe a mahogany top guitar as compared to a sikta spruce top guitar? Drier, woodier, more emphasis on the fundamental and maybe more bass (or at least the balance is shifted that way). |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mahogany Top Guitar |
Hi Pat, Paul Woolson build an all mahogany guitar a couple of years ago and when starting his research he started this post. Lots of good information in it. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mahogany Top Guitar |
Thin the top (dependent on stiffness) .095-.110 pre voicing. Mahogany top, depending on what you do bracing and voicing will be surprisingly bright toned if you have never built a mahogany top before. now this statement is general. there is of course no way to know how you voice tops. If I could put a characteristic to tone difference between sitka and mahogany I would say the mahogany will be woodier in tone but by that I do not mean it lacks high freq response or over tones just a bit warmer. |
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| Author: | Pat Hawley [ Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mahogany Top Guitar |
Thanks for the input guys, it gave me the confidence to recommend to this fellow that we go ahead and do the mahogany guitar. Pat |
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