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11-25-2019, 10:45 PM
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Ovangkol as Soundboard Anyone?
Anyone ever try Ovangkol as a topper?
I hear its more like Rosewood than Mahogany. So to me, it would be hard to drive and be 'toppy'? Dread? OM? OO? Short scale? Longer scale? I see the Fender PM-1 uses it for the fingerboard. Which tells me, again, more like a Rosewood. Your thoughts... 
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11-25-2019, 11:00 PM
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Martin makes one too. I played some a few times at GC and loved them.
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11-26-2019, 08:02 AM
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I have the OM version of that very guitar. The sound is warm and rich. The only downside is that it's a relatively quiet guitar.
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11-26-2019, 12:05 PM
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paulzoom wrote:
"The sound is warm and rich. The only downside is that it's a relatively quiet guitar." Just what you'd expect given the properties. Hardwoods are often not much stiffer along the grain than softwoods, but the hardwoods tend to be much denser. This means you can't make the top thin and light without losing too much stiffness. A heavy top is hard to drive with the limited horsepower of plucked strings ('quiet'), and especially at high frequencies ('warm'). There are reasons behind tradition... 
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