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mikemcnerney

Post subject: yellow cedar

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 6:09 pm

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Location: ottawa, ontario, ca
First name: Mike
Last Name: McNerney
City: Ottawa
State: On
Country: Ca
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I got a nice piece of almost quartered yellow cedar today 35 to 40 rings to the inch. Has anyone used it for a uke

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dofthesea

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 7:01 pm

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Location: Napa Valley
First name: David
Last Name: Foster
City: Napa
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 94558
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Like all tonewood jut be sure its quarter sawn and as little or no runout as possible. makes a nice top.

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Allen McFarlen

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 2:43 pm

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Location: Australia
First name: Allen
Last Name: McFarlen
City: Mt. Sheridan
State: Qld.
Zip/Postal Code: 4868
Country: Australia
Focus: Build
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I use it often. It's a fantastic for soundboards.

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mikemcnerney

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 3:34 pm

Koa

I forgot about the runout. I was just going to start resawing away but should I actually try to split the 1 x 5 first?

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Allen McFarlen

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:56 pm

Cocobolo

Plane the edge of the board and have a look. Often you can see if there is runout or not.

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ernie

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 8:45 pm

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First name: ernest
Last Name: kleinman
City: lee's summit
State: mo
Zip/Postal Code: 64081
Country: usa
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

Yellow cedar makes a great sounding uke top,I/ve built 1 tenor with it , also will try POC one of the OLF sponsors sells it, and it is also a good soundboard material

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Ken Franklin

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:03 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:49 pm
Posts: 1209
Location: Ukiah, CA

I like Alaskan yellow cedar for tops and necks. Here's Marcy Marxer playing one of mine with an AYC top and neck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFsBDXYnMGI

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Peter J

Post subject: Re: yellow cedar

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:02 am

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Joined: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:08 am
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First name: Pete
Last Name: Liccardello
City: Eden Prairie
State: Minnesota

Built a 530 scale Requinto entirely out of Yellow Cedar a few years ago. Built it for my grand-daughters. It was very easy to work with and sounded great. You'll love it..

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