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Some woods used in the making of acoustic guitars. Listed in alphabetical order not in the order of popularity. BASSWOOD - Sometimes used for inside linings. EBONY - Preferred wood for bridges & fretboards on steel string guitars, ROSEWOOD is also good and sometimes preferred for bridges on nylon string guitars. CEDAR - A wood softer than spruce used for tops on steel string and classical guitars. Some guitarists prefer this wood for its new guitar tone but some luthiers don't like to work with it on repair jobs because of its soft nature. CHERRY - Sometimes used for backs and sides. COCOBOLO - Rosewood from Central America and Mexico. CYPRESS - Used on the backs and sides of flamenco guitars only. KOA - Midrange sounding wood from Hawaii used on some guitars for back, sides, and tops. MAHOGANY - Preferred for necks. Also good for backs, sides, inside bracings and sometimes tops. MAPLE - Sometimes used for backs and sides on larger guitars. Wood of choice for f-hole guitar bodies. Sometimes used for bridge plates. NATO - Used as a substitute for MAHOGANY on necks and sometimes bodies of less expensive guitars. It is less stable than MAHOGANY. OVANKOL - A ROSEWOOD substitute with qualities somewhere between ROSEWOOD and MAHOGANY. PEAR - Used for bindings. Treated PEAR is sometimes used as a substitute for EBONY fingerboards on less expensive guitars. PINE - Unfortunately sometimes is used on less expensive guitars for inside linings, end blocks, and heel blocks. REDWOOD - Somewhat similar to cedar, used more on classical guitars. ROSEWOOD - Usually the most desirable wood used for backs and sides on classical and steel string flattop guitars although MAHOGANY and MAPLE are also very good on the latter. Also used for bridgeplates, bridges and fretboards. SPRUCE - There are a lot of different kinds of SPRUCE that are used in the making of acoustic guitars and SPRUCE is usually the wood of choice for the front (or top, sound board) of the guitar. Sometimes, it's also used for the bracing under the soundboard. Unless it's an expensive guitar, the manufacturer probably won't even mention the type of SPRUCE it is. German (or European) SPRUCE can be from various countries in Europe and this is sometimes reguarded as the best. Engelmann (or Englemann) SPRUCE from the US is usually used on expensive models along with Sitka, and Adirondack SPRUCE also grown in the US maybe Canada. When picking out a guitar, look at the top. If the guitar has a natural finish, the wood should be a light color. There shouldn't be a large difference in shade between the wood and grain, and the grain should be from 12-15 per inch minimum. WALNUT - Used for bindings. Treated WALNUT is sometimes used as a substitute for EBONY fingerboards on less expensive guitars. Also sometimes used for bridges. |
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darylcrisp,thx for asking the question to the forum, if you looked it up yourself I would not have learned something
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What does "NATO" mean in regards to a guitar neck? Quote:
Species Identity Taxonomy Current Name: Chrysophyllum spp. Authority: L. Family/Genus: Sapotaceae - Chrysophyllum Synonym(s) Common Names nyatoh, v[us] s[uwx]a, masang, white nato, nato, pepulut, nyatuh, chrysophyllum, padang, --------- Species Identity Taxonomy Current Name: Diploknema sp. Authority: Pierre Family/Genus: Sapotaceae - Diploknema Synonym(s) Common Names nyatoh, nato, red nato, masang, padang, nyatuh, --------- Species Identity Taxonomy Current Name: Palaquium luzoniense Authority: (Fernandez-Villar) S. Vidal Family/Genus: Sapotaceae - Palaquium Synonym(s) Croixia luzoniensis (Fern.-Vill.) Baehni Palaquium ahernianum Merr. Common Names dolitan, gasatan, nato, Last edited by Herb Hunter; 03-03-2008 at 07:35 AM. |
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Again, Herb has given us the answers. And that is foremost to be kind, then he gives all the info on that type of wood including the latin names. I'm not joking or trying to be a wise ***, this guy knows his stuff, so listen up! If you've ever watched the Seinfeld show then all i gotta say is "You gotta love the Herb"!
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Sorry
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talk about rude !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Friends listen, words like "rude" or "your not helping" is understandable but bringing it this far down the thread is also not understandable. re17 probably and I'm assuming didn't mean it in a bad way or maybe he's going through something we don't know. I think the benefit of the doubt is in order here, plus it's not such a big deal considering there are many worse things going on in the world. I don't see it as some here that it's bringing the forum down. I see it as freedom to ask a question and to get many answers whether it's good or bad, and that's democracy. It's a FORUM, keep it up!
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i've got a yamaha with laminated nato back and sides. it's a good guitar for the money, a very powerful strummer
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When I was younger, I had a Vantage acoustic with a solid spruce top and nato back and sides. Man, that guitar was killer!!!!! It was rated that year as one of the best acoustic under $800. Now I think they only make lower entry level stuff.
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So does Wechter
I've got a Pathmaker from Paw Paw. It's mahogany.
But NV 5413 Nashville (made in 2011) is Nato. Seems fine to me. Why guzzle up prime tone wood on a neck anyway? Not like it grows on trees. Bad Joke. Sorry
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LOL! Beer came out my nose on that one.
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The Wikipedia definition: Nato Wood
I've had Yamaha guitars in the past that had Nato necks. It might be a more economical and/or industrial substitute for mahogany, but I never saw any issues with the guitars, like warping, twisting, etc. I think they've been using it a long time, as the first Yamaha I had that incorporated Nato in the build was around 1972. ... JT
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I ask for Mahogany and they send me NATO............"Not As Tom Ordered".
Tom
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The Yamaha FG700S is an all solid wood guitar, top Sitka Spruce, back, sides, and neck, Solid Nato.
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