It compresses very little when pushed, making the transition to non-harmonic saturation very quickly. Being a harder wood, spruce is "stiffer" at the quieter end, requiring more effort from the right hand to get into motion.
It pays off by having a broad band of compression when pushed, making it very hard to overdrive. It produces a lovely sound when pushed into compression and palm-muted when flatpicking. Both can be used for either, but have their natural propensities. Find all posts by Bob Womack. Larry, you and I posted together again! Yes, cedar is warmer and helps definition. I love cedar for fingerstyle, when I only strum I go with spruce. But, if you go to search you will find many threads about this.
Originally Posted by Bob Womack. Originally Posted by ljguitar. Hi Bob Good morning, and I saw that too. Similar interests? Cedar has a lovely, warm rich tone, but few cedar-topped guitars respond well to aggressive attack. I'd disagree that cedar has a broader dynamic range. My experience is that the right spruce guitar has the broader dynamic range, but my experience is irrelevant.
What matters is how the guitar responds to the way you play. Sure seems like it. Too bad we live so far apart, with me in Virginia. Last edited by ljguitar; at AM. Reason: more info pertaining to the original thought of the thread I ,too love cedar for fingerstyle but, more for its tendency to project with less effort and tonal complexity.
So my interest in guitars is, if you like, through his eyes. Other musicians in orchestras and chamber music ensembles always pick it up, without being prompted. Smallman guitars are actually a bit louder than average, but this is a by-product. CC: Nevertheless, one hears remarks—and I can confirm this to some extent from my seat at the back of the Wigmore Hall—to the effect that spruce does have a better focus of sound.
It requires more effort from the fingers, from the strings and the bridge, to set the top in motion. And in doing that, it absorbs energy which could be used more musically. Even with the old Fleta, when I hear it on record or on the radio, it always comes out pretty hard and brittle to me. I recorded it as if I was in the room, and in fact I afterwards sat and played in the middle of the room, put the record on at the same volume, and the difference to my ears was hardly anything.
I wanted it as close as if I was sitting there, not an extension of the room but sitting right there.
And unless you did that, if you recorded or played in another kind of presentation where it was playing at you as opposed to with you, it sounded a bit hard. A good spruce top will continue to develop sonically over the years, much like the aging of a fine wine: If it is good from the start, it will only better with proper storage. But, start with something less than optimal and the ceiling for quality is much lower.
For professionals, spruce is usually the first choice. The wood itself is naturally light in color, but can be stained for a darker look. Cedar tops age somewhat differently, however with the tone developing much more subtly than with a spruce topas the cedar already sounds full and voluminous from the start.
Cedar top Sound Produced by Spruce Spruce has a very direct sound that it can be compared to a golden bell-like sound. Sound Produced by Cedar Cedar guitars are usually darker, warmer, and fuller sounding than spruce guitars. Which Is Better Those who are used to spruce usually prefer it more than cedar, and those who use cedar prefer it more.
Pricing For cedar guitars, the good cedar is usually more affordable than good spruce. The Top Part The top part is considered to be one of the most essential contributors.
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