Cherry Wood Guitar Body

The various finishes wood types and guitar styles available to guitarists offer a wide range of sounds and music creation experiences.

Cherry wood guitar body.

Proper proportions are vital for headstock and neck weight. The neck sides and back were from a local tree that was damaged in a storm. The fretboard and neck wood can have some affect on tonal quality but is unlikely to be noticeable. I have also used cherry for guitar and banjo necks.

This more porous open wood doesn t quite have maple s hardness strength or stability however and it isn t suitable as a fretboard material. Welcome back to fundamentals of guitar anatomy my multi part series examining the ins and outs of your electric guitar in the last lecture we talked about body styles and that knowledge will help you to grasp this one as we re going to be talking about the different types of wood used for guitars and their effect. This was my last cherry guitar from a few years ago. The center of balance for the guitar is the guitar body.

I like cherry a lot. Cherry wood is nice when you don t put a finish on it. I have built several cherry guitars starting in 1982. Cherry creme guitar cherry wood with creme binding.

The second most common guitar neck wood after maple mahogany is most often coupled with a solid mahogany or mahogany maple topped body. Don t worry they are both 24 fret models. The type of wood used to construct a guitar has much to do with the tone. I don t need anything fancy i just want it to sustain as well as this guitar.