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10-13-2018, 11:21 AM
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Darkening Spruce Top
I bought a Taylor 310 about 18 months ago and when I got it one thing i noticed was how lightly colored the top was almost to light. I have been slowly noticing it taking on a darker hue and now it is really nice to look at. Is this a natural process? I keep it on a stand but not in the sunlight. I really like the look like a dark honey. Anyone else notice this?
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10-13-2018, 12:01 PM
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it really is a nice surprise. I was a bit disappointed when i first got the guitar it looked too sterile but now I love the dark tones and it brings out the grains. i ash i had pictures of when I first received it to compare.
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10-13-2018, 12:36 PM
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I had the same pleasant experience. Lived-in Sitka looks really great.
I will also say that aging toner plus age is going to end up darker than nature.
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10-13-2018, 12:47 PM
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When I first took delivery of my Wingert, the top was this lovely creamy white color. Kathy told me to enjoy it while I could. The guitar is now 14 years old and I love the honey colored top as much as the creamy white one.
Best, Jayne
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10-13-2018, 01:39 PM
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The top on my 1995 810 has darkened a lot and looks great.
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10-13-2018, 01:46 PM
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10-13-2018, 01:56 PM
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Way back in 1999, when I got my first (new) Collings DS2h, I had it on a stand in the lounge when my mother -in -law came for Sunday lunch.
Appallingly proud of me new acquisition, I pointed it out to her. She looked at it, in the way that non guitarist view such things and said " It very nice, and shiney! Is it plastic?" I was flattened of course, but, then, she was good at deflating people. It now has a nice healthy suntan, and a fair few dings and dents.
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#11
10-13-2018, 05:07 PM
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FWIW here's one example.
Two identical guitars with birthdays 23 years apart, both Big Baby Taylors. When pic was taken the top one was 1 year old and the bottom one was 24 yrs old. The top one was even lighter when new. Since the pic is of both guitars side by side in the same lighting and, of course, camera white-balance settings the comparison of color change over time is legit. This documents a change not only from light to dark, but also a color change as aging spruce takes on more honey-like hue. Attachment 14015 Last edited by Tico; 05-27-2019 at 01:54 PM.
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10-13-2018, 06:33 PM
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I think if you kept it in the sunlight, it would lighten it instead of darkening it. Whatever colour cedar is, I love the tone it gives. This is likely in part, due to my first guitar having a cedar top.
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10-13-2018, 06:39 PM
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It's the ultraviolet light in sunlight. Members of this forum have deliberately darkened their guitars with sunlight through their windows or used a UV light designed for pet lizards.
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#14
10-13-2018, 06:49 PM
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10-13-2018, 07:05 PM
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