brace material for top?

[Paul C]

If making a cedar top do you generally use cedar for all the braces also?

[Tim Benware]

I don't, someone may.

[Dave Bagwill]

There's not a hard and fast rule, though I'd go along with Tim on this; I'd stick with spruce most likely.

[Paul C]

Thanks guys for input

[ken cierp]

Spruce --

[Kevin in California]

unless you are Tony making an all cedar guitar, then you use....well,.....cedar!

Kevin

[ken cierp]

The real world size/strength/ratio is why Spruce is the brace wood of choice – in other words to use a brace made of Cedar that is equal in tension resistance as a Spruce brace it will be larger and most importantly heavier – not good. Can you use Cedar sure – but all the experimentation has been done for us – Spruce works very well!