[Wade Hampton]

I’m sitting here with a couple of friends, one of whom is Anchorage guitar builder Bob Clark, passing three of his guitars back and forth between the three of us. Bob commented that he really liked the medullary rays on one of the guitar’s tops, but he pronounced it differently than I’m used to - he said “MED-you-lary,” instead of “med-DOOL-ary,” which is what I’ve always used.

Most of us, of course, just call it “silk,” but I’m wondering what you builders call it when the occasion arises.

Just curious.


Wade Hampton Miller