I built one a couple years ago using Red Spruce and I absolutely love the thing.
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| Author: | Cas [ Tue May 18, 2021 5:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tenor Soundboard choice |
Hiya, Just curious on your thoughts about choice of soundboard for a tenor guitar? I usually lean towards Swiss spruce, just because I like the clarity I think its produces over say Sitka. But i'm assuming the early Gibsons circa 1930 were all red spruce and they are some fine sounding tenors, if a little rough around the edges. The point being I guess is that with considerably less force on the soundboard, strength isn't quite such a factor. |
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| Author: | Robbie_McD [ Tue May 18, 2021 8:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenor Soundboard choice |
I recently built a Tenor using Lutz spruce, thinned to about .110" Clarity is excellent, and the volume is amazingly....loud. I went for about 24 lbs of pull using a string gauge calculator, using CGDA tuning, per the customer's request. |
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| Author: | jfmckenna [ Tue May 18, 2021 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenor Soundboard choice |
I built one a couple years ago using Red Spruce and I absolutely love the thing.
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| Author: | peter.coombe [ Wed May 19, 2021 7:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tenor Soundboard choice |
I use Red Spruce on mine. |
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