Over the past few months, I have viewed several luthier videos that others have posted here on the forum.
One particular video showed the luthier tapping on various species of woods that he used in the necks and the tops of his guitars. He discussed tonal qualities and resonance.
The ebony had a dampening effect, while the rosewoods had a longer resonance. There were various species in between.
I am interested in finding out what the CM's consider the best choices for achieving opposite ends of the spectrum for hit and feel if a cue. I am looking at configurations from tip to bumper for a cue that would give maximum "liveliness" and feedback, versus one that was configured to be its polar opposite.
(Ivory ferrule versus other materials, ebony versus rosewoods, maple, etcetera; Bumperless, rubber bumper, phenolic bumper, Hoppe... tips, ferrule lengths and material, joint style, joint materials, woods, coring a full splice blank, versus no coring.)
I hope to get an "ideal" configuration for each case.
ie: if I were going for a cue with maximum feed back and livliness, I wouldn't want to choose a material with one specific trait I was trying to achieve, and then counteract it with a material that has the opposite "traits" used in a different area of the cue.
I want information to be material and configuration oriented.
I don't want to get into different parabolic tapers, etc... yet.
I will continue searching the forums to get more info...I thought this would be a good place to start.
Thank you in advance for any input you can provide. as always, feedback is much appreciated.:smile:
Jeremy
One particular video showed the luthier tapping on various species of woods that he used in the necks and the tops of his guitars. He discussed tonal qualities and resonance.
The ebony had a dampening effect, while the rosewoods had a longer resonance. There were various species in between.
I am interested in finding out what the CM's consider the best choices for achieving opposite ends of the spectrum for hit and feel if a cue. I am looking at configurations from tip to bumper for a cue that would give maximum "liveliness" and feedback, versus one that was configured to be its polar opposite.
(Ivory ferrule versus other materials, ebony versus rosewoods, maple, etcetera; Bumperless, rubber bumper, phenolic bumper, Hoppe... tips, ferrule lengths and material, joint style, joint materials, woods, coring a full splice blank, versus no coring.)
I hope to get an "ideal" configuration for each case.
ie: if I were going for a cue with maximum feed back and livliness, I wouldn't want to choose a material with one specific trait I was trying to achieve, and then counteract it with a material that has the opposite "traits" used in a different area of the cue.
I want information to be material and configuration oriented.
I don't want to get into different parabolic tapers, etc... yet.
I will continue searching the forums to get more info...I thought this would be a good place to start.
Thank you in advance for any input you can provide. as always, feedback is much appreciated.:smile:
Jeremy
