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Cedar vs Spruce video
An interesting video.
Sometimes in the video I hear a difference, other times I don't.
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This comparison is quite interesting... cedar, warmer, spruce, brighter...
Which I liked better, well, it depends on the pieces...
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A good video to use though for self checking my tone.
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Very good video…agree with what is said by everyone. I have a Cedar/Maple and a Spruce/Maple…different builds so that adds to the difference…but sometimes I like the Spruce, even thinking [emoji848] maybe I won’t play my Cedar top as much, but then I pick up my Cedar top and the warmth shines and I think the opposite!!
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Great video. Brazilian rosewood aside, I prefer the cedar top guitar. The spruce one sounds much tighter, but if I wasn't aware of it being new perhaps I would hear it differently.
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I think one has to listen to 4 different guitars, not 2 . 2 guitars that have mahogany backs and sides with cedar and spruce. Then 2 with rosewood back and sides then cedar and spruce tops as well. I have 2 classical guitars myself....one spruce with rosewood, the other cedar with mahogany. The latter has a nice sound,especially with the cedar,which allows the normally crisp attack sound softer. This also allows for different sounds when playing the same pieces of music. Regards, Jan 🎸
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Thanks for posting. A better, more fair comparison would have been NOT with one guitar having been played for only two weeks of its known life (against a cedar top played for two years.) And just two day old strings? Interesting, at least.
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Very well. I liked the spruce topped guitar but not until the end. At first it sounded too thin but over time its trebles really took the cake.
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Cedar VS Spruce
I prefer the Canadian Red Cedar on my Cordoba C5ce. Clear and Warm but not dull. Works like a much more expensive guitar. Try one!.
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I have one.
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So fun and funny...I preferred the Spruce top guitar. For me, it just had more dynamic range bass to mid to treble and clearly...to me...a fair bit more horsepower under the hood. It did not have the buttery smoothness of tone that the Cedar topped guitar does, but I think he could easily compensate that in right hand playing position and string attack technique. I did not hear any tightness in the spruce guitar, it just, to me, had a bit more bite and punch, but, I would expect that normally and nominally out of a Spruce topped guitar compared to a Cedar topped guitar. Classical or steel stringed, for that matter. Both are great GREAT guitars, but for me that spruce topped guitar just had more going on, and more dynamically that I think it was capable of in power, and in the timbre of the tone. More tools in the tool box for a skilled player to work with. duff Be A Player...Not A Polisher |
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Here's a recent video comparing spruce and cedar tops in combination with varying side and back woods.
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What's going on with the saddle on the cedar guitar? It is not positioned correctly in the saddle slot.
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I like spruce better
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Here's a different video. In this video I can hear a bit more projection from the spruce at times. The playing is exceptional in this video.
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