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| Author: | Hupaand [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 1:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Guatamalan r/w is hard for me to bend, how about you? |
Rosewood is often said to be easy to bend. Santos was easy for me to bend, but Guatamalan made me think I'd break my arms. It was on a pipe and about .080", it ultimately came out pretty well. |
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| Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guatamalan r/w is hard for me to bend, how about you? |
My experience with dense rosewoods is that they comply much better if thinned some more. |
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| Author: | Hupaand [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guatamalan r/w is hard for me to bend, how about you? |
How thin do you go? Guatamalan is said to be really good sounding wood. |
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| Author: | CharlieT [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guatamalan r/w is hard for me to bend, how about you? |
The Guatamalan RW I have is less dense than most rosewoods. It's actually pretty darned light. I haven't tried bending it yet, though I'd assumed, naively perhaps, that it would be relatively easy to bend. Now I'm curious what others have experienced with it. 
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| Author: | Alexandru Marian [ Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Guatamalan r/w is hard for me to bend, how about you? |
I normally need to thin the waist and upper bout more than the lower bout. Let's say 0.07 for very dense Madagascar, and even 0.06-0.065 for the waist with Amazon, and the stuff still felt like steel. For average density Indian or Madagascar, 75-80. My shape is similar to 00 and OM. |
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