Vic D
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I'm building mostly with poplar. I can tell the mahogany sounds fuller and deeper by tapping. I can't use mahogany for what I want to do which is use local sustainable woods... I don't think I need to expain further, please voice your opinions.
OK, I'm explaining further... lol, luvs you peeps,
I kinda wanna try oak but I dunno, I can tell the mahogany is just perfect for carrying vibrations continuously througout wheras the oak seems like it can be all over the map. I dunno. I can just see the continuity in the tubes of the mahogany you know? you can tell it has a superiour cellular struture for carrying sound. I hope this makes sense as I really don't know what I'm talking about.
Poplar has a very nice tap tone but the fibers seem condensed.. it might take some real close obervations to bring out the best sound in poplar.
A soprano uke's mahogany sides top and back are .60 or less by the pros... i'm building my poplars around .65 and feathering on the edges but they don't sound near as loud or deep by the tap tone... should I try going .60-.55 or so?
I'm kinda bummed out by my obeservations... I think I'll try to go thinner and brace better. But don't get me wrong... poplar has a sweet tone. The necks I've mad from poplar feel slick and evenly weighted in my hand.. It just feels and sounds real nice, I just gotta make it loud.
OK, I'm explaining further... lol, luvs you peeps,
I kinda wanna try oak but I dunno, I can tell the mahogany is just perfect for carrying vibrations continuously througout wheras the oak seems like it can be all over the map. I dunno. I can just see the continuity in the tubes of the mahogany you know? you can tell it has a superiour cellular struture for carrying sound. I hope this makes sense as I really don't know what I'm talking about.
Poplar has a very nice tap tone but the fibers seem condensed.. it might take some real close obervations to bring out the best sound in poplar.
A soprano uke's mahogany sides top and back are .60 or less by the pros... i'm building my poplars around .65 and feathering on the edges but they don't sound near as loud or deep by the tap tone... should I try going .60-.55 or so?
I'm kinda bummed out by my obeservations... I think I'll try to go thinner and brace better. But don't get me wrong... poplar has a sweet tone. The necks I've mad from poplar feel slick and evenly weighted in my hand.. It just feels and sounds real nice, I just gotta make it loud.
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