Acoustic Guitar Construction

I've never purchased brace wood from Old Standard but have purchased several tops and a Honduras Rosewood set -all excellent purchases.

A very interesting article and test results re: quarter-or-flatsawn braces. Surprising to me.

https://finelystrung.com/2011/01/14/sti ... bass-bars/

Very interesting. It got me thinking the construction industry does not care about the grain orientation of their dimensional lumber which is often used structurally. I hear quartersawn wood is more environmentally stable which is a good reason to use it in necks. But this article does call into question selection of brace and bridge wood.

The nice thing about well-quartered stock is that the chiseling is like going through butter. This off-quarter stuff is a pita imho. Nicks, digs, other deplorable defects seem to be more common.

I've actually bought this and it was very usable & quartered some big enough for uke tops..

https://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/w ... spruce.php

Kerry

Kerry - hey that's a good tip, thanks.

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