Cherry Tonewood Acoustic Guitar

I am looking at a very nice acoustic guitar with european spruce top and back and sides of cherry.

Cherry tonewood acoustic guitar.

Post jun 18 2012 1 2012 06 18t04 12. Tell me about cherry as a tonewood for acoustic guitar back and sides. Some years ago i. Density and reflectivity approach that of maple.

Home custom shop exotic guitar tonewoods home. Most cherry is very close in density and hardness to soft maple but some of it can be very hard. It is used for back an sides for guitars where it compares favourably to the true rosewoods. It s also prized for volume balance and articulation making it one of the best all around tonewoods there is.

Maybe a bit less dry sounding. The mid range frequency is the sweet spot for most acoustic guitars and honduran mahogany is a mid range powerhouse. The term tonewood is used to describe wood used in the construction of stringed instruments chosen for their acoustic properties. Cherry produces a rich projective midrange and balance without favoring the bass or treble frequencies.

I am not terribly familiar with cherry s use and would appreciate any. Honduran mahogany yields a crisp fundamental sound with a pleasing bloom of mid range overtones. Very few companies are making guitars with cherry i think the reason is because the cost of cherry is quite high and it does not look as flashy as some other woods out there. Cherry creme guitar cherry wood with creme binding light as a feather sounds godlike.

Al carruth is a fan and says. I tend to think of cherry as in the maple class of tonewoods.