New England Tonewoods will be carrying some red spruce in the future...
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:12 am ] |
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Hi- For those of you who use red spruce for bracing - who is your favorite supplier and why? I know Steve at Colonial has red spruce for bracing. Has anyone used www.adirondackspruce.com before? I think John Mayes mentioned using this supplier before and he liked them. They sell by the pound and it looks like a great price. Also, where does everyone get their red spruce tops from? Thanks- John |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:16 am ] |
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John, I use www.adirondackspruce.com for my red spruce bracing, although I've been using lutz more as of late. But the mr.griffen has great product at a great price. for $100 you can get enough to do 20 guitars or more. |
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| Author: | Kim [ Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:20 am ] |
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John, I have found Steve at Colonial is not only a great guy to deal with but he also offers very good prices to OLF members. He has very good red spruce bracing and tops and if you have a special requirement in mind he will gladly go the extra yard, just give him a call. Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:54 am ] |
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Kim- I have bought a few goodies from Steve and he is great and so is his wood. I'll have to call him about his bracewood. Thanks. John- The bracing stock at adispruce.com has 3 categories - $2/pound, $3-5/pound and $5-10/pound. Which do you use? $100 to do 20+ guitars is great. I have some very nice euro bracing and lots of great sitka and lutz bracing. I just wanted to try red spruce to see if I like it - everyone else I have spoken with says it's nice bracewood. Also, you had mentioned somewhere that the nicest red spruce tops you have seen, come from a certain seller. Do you remember who you got those tops from? Thanks guys- John |
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| Author: | harry [ Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:01 am ] |
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I have used adirondackspruce.com - since I live fairly close to them, I have been able to go there and pick out the wood that I've used. It's a great place to visit, just to see all the wood - |
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| Author: | Pete Licis [ Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:36 am ] |
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I've used some adi bracing from adirondackspruce.com. Very nice stuff. And they're most helpful too - I had lots of questions and they explained all sorts of stuff to me. |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:38 am ] |
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New England Tonewoods will be carrying some red spruce in the future...
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| Author: | Brad Goodman [ Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:03 am ] |
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Hi John, I have red spruce. |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:58 pm ] |
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I've gotten some very nice Red Spruce from Steve at colonial. I've also not found any red spuce to be a stiff as the best sitka that I've measured. Anyone else experience this? |
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:29 pm ] |
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The red I have used/have is about the same as good sitka. Tone is obvisouly different, but I end up at about the same thickness when flex testing. |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:00 am ] |
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I'm sure others are good sources but I've used adirondackspruce.com exclusively for bracewood. Quality, price and delivery have been A+++. Stock has always been perfectly quartersawn requiring no splitting and ready to rip. |
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:33 am ] |
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Here is the page that shows the 3 different grades of bracewood that adirondackspruce.com sells. What grade has everyone bought and WHY? Doesn't the "ugly" wide and dark grained red spruce have the same physical properties (stiffness) as the pretty stuff? It's bracewood and if you are splitting this stuff to use it, it's going to be quartered with little runout. So, it makes since to buy the $2/lb bracewood instead of the $10/lb bracewood, right? Is there something I'm not factoring in here? Thanks guys- John |
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| Author: | John How [ Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:57 am ] |
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Last time I bought from them I got a mix of the top two grades. More of the medium grade. The fine grade wood in case the customer wants it but I really don't feel a lot of difference in the stiffness of it. |
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