White Oak

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:18 pm

I'm getting very interested in this tonewood. Does anyone know if it stains easily? How are the pores compared to red oak?

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:54 am

Very similar to Red Oak -- smells bad when cutting, 1/4 sawn more readily available.

Kevin in California · Post by **Kevin in California** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:03 am

Dave, what do you like about white oak? The look, the feel, the sound, the ease of working? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:23 am

The kmg red oak guitar has developed into a very good-sounding guitar. White oak has made some excellent instruments as well and in fact some top makers are using it. Tonally, it can be excellent; visually, it can look great or it can look like furniture unless you take steps to really dress it up. And as Ken said, 1/4 sawn is much more easily available.
Mainly it is the sound.