Spruce vs Cedar guitars – 3 Basic Differences
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One is made of spruce and one is made of cedar.
How many years?
I'd go with Spruce for the visual and tonal change over time.
The primary difference between a spruce guitar and a cedar guitar is that, unlike a cedar guitar, a spruce guitar is made out of spruce.
lol all the technical and fancy talk and no example. lol without an example talk is cheap is right as you may or may not be. I won’t say boo but I’ll say what.?
Cedar is softer and scratches much easier. There are many kinds of spruce, European Spruce is usually very white and Red Spruce is darker.
I'm enjoying the complete lack of reference to anything measured or even remotely capable of measurement, as if acoustics was one of the dark arts. The height is when he comes close to admitting that the color of guitar is a major factor in these judgments!
Also, cedar tops are way more prone to cracking as they age, especially if the piece you got isn't ideal, be it on a molecular level, or just poorly stored/dried by the luthier.
Thanx for clearing that up for me pal ! ????
It would have been more interesting if you had played them both to compare what you mean about the differences in sound.
A great luthier in Costa Rica . Senor Fabio!
I have a costa Rican cedar guitar the whole guitar. Top also….
Mahogany only !
Лак темніше. І все
That's why i buy a new guitar every 5 years. Spruce changes
Yeah, cedar tops suck
You lied to us!
Don't bother playing them so we can hear the difference.
But which one burns longer ?
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So Cedar takes time to sound like Cedar whereas Spruce is something used to hang kitchen cabinets on. ????
I've never heard a guitarist say anything about the tone quality of guitars other than 'brighter' and 'warmer', even in this roundabout way it's basically saying the same thing
I like cedar, warmer sounding, and less prone to warping.
How about basswood?
I have a Sanchis Carpio model 40 from 1980 with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. It is one of the finest sounding guitars I've ever played under 3000 euros.
Can cedar identify as spruce.?
Yes, one's made out of spruce, and one's made out of cedar…
All that, and didnt even strum a chord on any of them.
Thank you for that great explanation, sir.????
They sound exactly the same.
So the trick with wanting a warmer and softer tone out of your spruce guitar is to wait around for 50-100 years. Ok, got it haha
Utter nonsense
I did not know that spruce aged like that????
You can have an airstream with all Cedar paneling inside and your guitars.
Kept at fifty percent humidity…
Adirondack spruce ❤
Good short breakdown. I own both a spruce top (Alhambra) and a cedar top (Alvarez). When clarity of sound is most important, I play the spruce top. When volume is most important, I play the cedar top.
So play them so that we can hear what they sound like????????????????????
I presently own a Spanish built Alhambra cedar top guitar after having owned several traditional classical guitars with spruce tops. I honestly cannot tell any significant difference berween them soundwise. Practically ecually good, but somewhat different.
yes……they are both gay
That's not how overtones work. Warmer sounds come from less upper harmonics not more. You are correct that cedar would be warmer but have it backwards as to why.
So it would need 20-30 years for Spruce turn brownish?
But I have a solid Spruce top that still yellowish… ????
Nice video.
“A fundamental sort of quality of sound”?????? Sigh…
From a world of electric guitars were everything is either maple or mahogany this is very interesting too me. Are classical guitars ever made of maple or mahogany? If yes, what makes those woods less common and these woods more common?
Who’s the biggest influence, Spruce Springsteen or Pete Cedar?
Cedar is a giant misnomer. What is meant by cedar?
There are many genera that people refer to as cedar.
Jose Romanillos had is idea about it about it. Cedar is perfect for the shingles on your garden shed.
get a good quality used guitar. it's cheaper and it'll almost certainly sound better than new.
So cedar is spruce with ages of experience ????????????