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Hi, has anyone ever used myrtlewood for a guitar top?
I was voicing a high figure myrtlewood back today and noticed a really beatifull ring to it!! Not like the usual tap tone you'd get from a mahogany, rosewood or any other hardwood I tryed before....it was more like a cross between spruce and a koa top. A lot of life and tone! I'm thinking about trying to make one with a myrtle top!

Any input?

PS...I'll post some pics later

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

I just finished a myrtle guitar (sitka top) and I know that ring you speak of. I'd say go for it. You'll probably want to go a bit thinner than a standard spruce top. More along the lines of a mahogany top (.090). Let us know how it turns out.

I would suspect it mechanical properties would be on the order close to Koa maybe a bit softer. So I would agree with Paul somewhere between .95-.85

This one doesn't count right?

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Edit:
Hey, wassup with the image? I used the little
doohickey file attacher and all my pics are jpg.Mike Dotson38834.824525463

Mike, where's the picture?

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

i believe you need to store them at photoubcket or some other free image hosting service before you can post them - it took me the longest time to figure that out.
Cheers
Charlie

You can upload them from your computer, no problem at all without a hosting website as long as the true size is under 150k. Looks like you may have deleted part of the code after the file was downloaded!

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

I tried it both ways (link and upload) and the entire
code was there when I hit the 'send' button. It just
doesn't come up, even on the preview. Both the pics
I tried were way under the limit.

Hmm, still not working. Here's a link at least:
http://www.reso-nation.org/album_pic.php?pic_id=
354Mike Dotson38835.0406018519

Mike, the link works bur it says the pic does not exist

Mike Unfortunately the link does not work either! I'll PM you and maybe you can email me the pic and I'll post it?

Thanks

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

Here is the picture Mike Dotson was trying to post:



its a resonator I beleive...pretty cool

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

Thanks Peter!
I apologise for butchering up this thread, I was trying
to post it as a joke since yes, it's a tricone and not an
acoustic. It IS Myrtle though.

Wow, that is a stunning guitar, even with all those funky holes in it!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Beautiful instrument and wood!