[Joel Teel]

Originally Posted by nootis

Very nice Joel! I've never seen Redwood braces in a guitar (at least that I am aware of). Have you built with redwood braces before? I imagine they are very stiff parallel to the grain and are probably lighter than spruce braces. Other than the "cool" factor by using Tunnel 14 redwood, I'm curious as to what sonic advantages, if any, the redwood braces might have opposed to spruce braces? Care to share your thoughts?

Just posted this, then saw that Tim is curious as well

Hi Dan,
Thanks for your questions. I don’t yet have any tangible comparisons, though I have some expectations based on the audible differences between the guitars that I’ve built with Sitka and European Spruces versus Tunnel-14 Redwood soundboards. The Redwood braces are very stiff, and yes, slightly lighter than Sitka braces.

Although this Cherry guitar won’t be ready for BIG-III (because I spray my own nitro finishes which takes me approximately 2 months to complete)…The Cocobolo “Luna 000” has, both a T-14 soundboard & T-14 bracing…and the Bubinga “Solis 0000” also has T-14 bracing. If you’ll be attending BIG III you’ll have the opportunity to see “first-hands”

-joel