Alaskan yellow cedar

[Stuwange]

Anyone used Alaskan yellow cedar for your top?

I just bought a few sets to tinker with. What little research I've done say its actually in the cypress family, very strong, easy to work, and has the tonal qualities of Adi. Great for a flat picker/blue grass player.

I got my information from the Internet, so you know it's got to be true.

I also picked up a beautiful set of ziricote, that I want to make a banjo killer dred out of.

Should I stay with an adi top or will YC work?

Thanks
Stu

[ken cierp]

Curious, interesting?

and has the tonal qualities of Adi. Great for a flat picker/blue grass player

Never heard this claim before, is there reaserch/testing/comparisons of completed instruments. Famous makers using Yellow Cedar sound-boards? It is my understand that this wood is used for classical and nylon string guitars.

[Stuwange]

There is a build thread on the AGF of Neil Gardiner building a Hormigo/yellow cedar and it is a steel string.

Steve Fisher uses's it also.

[ken cierp]

His documentation is where? As you already indicated, at forums and on the Interent in general people can and will say just about anything. So what I am doing here is asking for fact checks for our forum. Again I have never before heard this YC- Adi comparison/claim. Just sounds like opinion and a little wishful thinking -- so documentation would be nice. Its not to say guitars, steel string or what ever are not made with YC -- but favorites of blue grass players?

Here's what's on Steve Fisher's website

Alaskan Yellow Cedar: (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) Another wood that is relatively new to guitarmaking. Unlike Red Cedar, Alaskan Yellow Cedar is bright and lively. Alaskan Yellow is very light and very stiff making for powerful articulate guitars. Alaskan Yellow Cedar has a distinct tone that is not easily comparable to any other tonewood. As the name implies, Alaskan yellow cedar is very yellow in appearance. Evenly colored with non-distinct growth rings.

I agree with this assesment -- note no comparison to Red Spruce (Adi)

[Stuwange]

Wish I knew how to copy and paste on this iPad.

Petros has a link with some info, http://www.petrosguitars.com/woods.htm

As does LMI. Lmii-tops-tone woods

I just asked a question, really wasn't looking for 3rd degree.

[ken cierp]

The point of all this is -- if you want to build guitar that sounds similar to something you have played and like ---- use the same materials and as close as possible to the same dimensions of the dream guitar.

[ken cierp]

http://www.acousticguitarconstructionfo ... f=11&t=710