Tropical wood properties list - a luthier's perspective

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Impact Blue

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Interesting read if you're out shopping for a custom cue:
http://www.mangore.com/tropical-woods-properties.html

Pretty cool knowing that if a piece of wood has a high treble frequency, it provides a harder hit, and vice versa. I know the shaft/tip/taper combo has the most to do with that, but it's the sum of all parts; I knew a cue maker that would test all of his shaft wood to see if it had a certain 'ping' to it before making final passes on it. Maybe that's common practice, who knows? A good cue is like a musical instrument, I guess.

I especially like how he relates the species of wood together with weight. Not much on stability, but it's cool to see all the figure on the backs of the guitars.

I might just be a cue nerd. Whatever. Enjoy!
 
Impact Blue said:
Interesting read if you're out shopping for a custom cue:
http://www.mangore.com/tropical-woods-properties.html

Pretty cool knowing that if a piece of wood has a high treble frequency, it provides a harder hit, and vice versa. I know the shaft/tip/taper combo has the most to do with that, but it's the sum of all parts; I knew a cue maker that would test all of his shaft wood to see if it had a certain 'ping' to it before making final passes on it. Maybe that's common practice, who knows? A good cue is like a musical instrument, I guess.

I especially like how he relates the species of wood together with weight. Not much on stability, but it's cool to see all the figure on the backs of the guitars.

I might just be a cue nerd. Whatever. Enjoy!
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Try the forest products lab website! Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about wood.

Chris
 
Good info. I completely agree about the "ping" tone of a shaft. Higher pitch definitely means more solid hit. I test shafts I buy this way, and I bug the guys at Seyberts like this! (And Corey has been AWESOME in this regard)

I love wood and am also into guitars. There are numerous guitar sites that go deep into wood. Thanks a lot for the good info!

KMRUNOUT
 
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