Which one do you like? Which one do you prefer?
There is no right answer just looking for anecdotal experience, biased opinions and tales..
There is no right answer just looking for anecdotal experience, biased opinions and tales..
Thank you Doc_J, as always your opinion is highly valued! I think I know the make of the pencil cedar I have one of those too.I’ve had a couple redwood topped tenors, a concert and a baritone. All were sinker redwood, except for the concert which had just straight grained redwood and a tenor with super curly redwood. I prefer the sinker variety of redwood. The super curly top cracked right from builder ( builder had made less than 20 ukes, and this was his first super curly redwood).
For cedar, I’ve had a few WR cedar topped tenors and a concert, a pencil cedar topped baritone, plus a tenor and a baritone out of Port Orford cedar. The WR cedar was a bit warmer than the POC. Love the smell of POC and Pencil cedar. The POC had a bit more clarity over the WRC. All the cedars were warmer, softer sounding than spruce. The redwoods were a nice middle between cedar and spruce.
Overall the wood type for the top seems a distant second factor to the builder and his techniques.
Just my thoughts. YMMV
I have some sinker Cedar that I bought for a future project. It has streaks of lighter colored wood from the minerals in the water. It also seems to be stiffer than the "normal" WR Cedar I'm using in a current build. As this is my first time using this wood, I can't compare the sound of the two yet.
Thanks, I will do that. I am most likely going to pair the sinker Cedar with some Black Walnut I have on hand.Good luck with your build and please let us know how it turned out and your thoughts on the tone.
Good luck with your build and please let us know how it turned out and your thoughts on the tone.