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meddlingfool
PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:25 pm 
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Any thoughts? I know it's not as strong as mahogany, but is it a useable wood?

I'd think with a truss rod it should be ok...
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Pat Foster
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Very usable indeed!

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meddlingfool
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Sweet!
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Jfurry
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Steve ( teacher says its a great neck). Are they one piece .
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meddlingfool
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Yup!
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John Arnold
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Martin has been doing it for a while now.

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Clay S.
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Spanish cedar varies a lot in weight and strength. Some is almost as stiff as mahogany and some is downright rubbery. I would judge each piece individually.
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The repair folks will know better -- but as mentioned above it can be "soft-ish" I've heard that capos can make dents -- my comment is just hear say, I have not seen it in person.

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I've done a few Spanish Cedar necks on steel strings. No problem with warping or bending. And it smells so nice to work with
I do find that it dents easier than mahogany so it wouldn't be good for a "hard use" guitar (kids, traveling, camping, etc) Never had a problem with my capo though
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And it is so lovely to carve.....
Its like carving frozen butter...


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meddlingfool
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Can't wait to give it a whirl...
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meddlingfool
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This stuff smells so good!
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yet tastes so bad.........

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meddlingfool
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I wS going to mention that. Like retsina....
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meddlingfool
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Nice big plank...

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Into a bunch of blanks...

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That I think are pretty great!

Though I'll confess I miss The Golden Dumpster.
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meddlingfool
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Looking at the board with the patterns, I probably could have squeezed the second set closer to the first and got a chunk off the end for neck and tail locks...ah well, live and learn...
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