Please Help This Senile Old Man

[Rayk]

No they're not identical enough to cause phase cancellation through vibrating in inverse relationship.
But that could be the source of some of the more interesting Bluegrass player manifestations.

More like stuck in a loop manifestation. Lol

 

[Rayk]

Oh yes! Both GSR F-30R (2010) and GSR F-47KC (2012) featured a solid bearclaw Sitka spruce top.



Ralf

Me likes

 

[Br1ck]

When you bookmatch wood, you will get an exact copy with perfectly quartersawn wood. If the grain is tilted slightly it can reflect light differently, which is why the degree of color can vary as the light reflections change. Color differences or streaks, common in red spruce, are just part of the natural wood. Bearclaw too, though what caused it are likely very different. The bearclaw in my D 35 was in 1970, a flawed piece of spruce and thrown into the cheap guitar stack when graded. It is only due to the vagaries of fashion that some seek it out today.

Everyone has their own limit as to what they tolerate. Some will not tolerate red spruce with any streak at all, and that is one of red spruce's defining characteristics.

 

[Maguchi]

If it sounds good, I'm down with it. I don't look at the top of my guitar when I'm playing. Listeners probly don't notice it much, and if they do, who cares? So I'll take it.

 

[Rayk]

If it sounds good, I'm down with it. I don't look at the top of my guitar when I'm playing. Listeners probly don't notice it much, and if they do, who cares? So I'll take it.

Yup but at a discount . Lol

 

[lungimsam]

Quintuple runout...looks so cool!

Pickguard on '71 S-100

I bought my '71 S-100 without a pickguard and initially I didn't miss it. I enjoyed seeing as much of the transparent cherry burst on the woodblock body as possible. At some point @hansmoust advised me that my guitar would originally have had a black pickguard. Recently @GGJaguar and @mavuser...

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[Rickenmaxer]

Meanwhile, out in the custom shop:

"Excuse me, Mr. Brooks...your new guitar's ready now."