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Originally Posted by Bruce Sexauer
I have worked quite a bit of Yellow cedar, though I have made no guitars from it. It carves like butter, and require less attention to grain direction than most woods. Also, it is close to pore-less, and finishes very easily. The smell is strong, and while at first it is seductive, after a while it starts to seem like it has a edge to it. IMO, of course. I do have quite a few guitar sets I milled from billets that came off the beach in BC about 40 years ago, and I may build with it yet. It is one of those woods that could be used for every part of a guitar save the bridge and fingerboard. The big danger with salvaged logs is that they can have defects that don’t come to light until advanced stages of the work.
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That would be a fun build. I have built a few small nylon string guitars out of spruce and pine, come to think about it, also two steel strings with fir necks and red cedar tops. A little softer than the previous mentioned woods, harness of around 420 for the spruce. The difference in hardness of the early and late wood is a little difficult for carving the heel, the yellow cedar sounds much better. With lightweight tuners the total guitar weight is, well, light. It could make a perfect couch guitar.