Dak Lander Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 I ran across this little blurb & thought it would be a bit of help to those coming on board and are looking for advice on acoustic guitars. LOOK HERE! Though it's Peal Guitars' site the information pertains to others too. Don't know much about Peal Guitars but I've never seen bad reports on them. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Looks like a good site, Dak. May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Yeah, that might (and I say might) save on some typing, egh, Dak? It'll just have to be "bumped" now and then, or perhaps a link can be tossed out with a welcome? I'm kind of fond of cedar as a top-wood, and am curious about their (the Peal people's) asertion that a spruce-topped guitar will sound better, with time, than a cedar-topped guitar, and that cedar-topped guitars will "break in" quicker, but not sound as good in the long run. Anyone have any experiences or oppinions on that? I just always felt that cedar gave you a different sound as far as harmonic overtones, and was perhaps somewhat warmer and rounder on the treble strings, almost imparting a bit of a "classical" guitar color to a steel-string flat-top. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted September 17, 2003 Author Share Posted September 17, 2003 Well K, there are quite a few classicals that run cedar tops if my memory serves me well. It's definately a different sound. It's just one more piece of gear a guy's got to have. See, it's a rosewood body & spruce top, mahogany body, spruce top, then bothe with cedar. Then you gotta go with all the other woods, Koa & etc. and, of course, different soundboard wood for each. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Ha! Yeah, a real Pandora's box, eh? My old (Alvarez) Yairi has a burled mahogany back and sides, and a cedar top. Sounds pretty damn good for a cheap guitar! Then again, I tormented the poor thing with .014-.059 strings, and got to know her pretty intimately. Hard not to be able to squeeze out a good sounding note at least once in a while, that way... I don't think that I'd pair rosewood with cedar, for no other reason than that I don't think that I would! But an ebony fretboard... yeah, that goes good with mahogany and cedar, to be sure! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy d Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 I had never heard of Peal guitars... and the site seems to be pretty much a justification for whatever they sell. ex. they don't offer solid back and sides so they don't tell the advantages of that. They do use a double truss rod so they run down the single action rod which some custom luthiers prefer. As for a larger guitar automatically producing a "better" sound well... don't say that to all of the fingerstyle players who use OM or smaller guitars. As for cedar tops, lots of top name steel strings are built with cedar... Jim Olson, George Lowden, Kevin Ryan all are known for cedar topped guitars. Cedar does sound more mature right away and changes less over time than spruce which takes a while to reach its potential and can change significantly over time. Whether spruce sounds "better" is a matter of opinion. Personally, I find that I always prefer cedar to spruce tops. FWIW, my Lowdens have been rosewood and cedar jumbos. The combination is great. Roy http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/alexisdmusic.htm "once it stops bein' a mystery it stops bein' true" David Mowaljarlai - Ngarinyin Aboriginal Elder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Originally posted by roy d: "Personally, I find that I always prefer cedar to spruce tops." "FWIW, my Lowdens have been rosewood and cedar jumbos. The combination is great."Well, then, I'm all messed up! If Lowden makes a cedar-topped, rosewood axe, then far be it from me to nay-say it. But my experiences with cedar'n'mahogany guitars has me leaning that direction, that's really all. Hmmmnn... just how would you describe the tonal differences between spruce and cedar tops, Roy? Waddyathink? Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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