Red cedar for guitar body?

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Red cedar for guitar body?

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I've got some old (10 yrs ish) western red cedar here. It's got some nice tight growth rings on the endgrain and it's a good size for a body, good weight too.

Has anyone here used this with success on electric guitars?

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Beware cedar splinters, that’s an especially splinter prone timber once you get started
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Mine is still drying.... There are some nice redwood builds on the web. Just google.
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Captain Black has or had a cedar Tele. Smelled very nice.
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I made a cedar JM. Headstock dives like a MF.
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kdawg2a wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:41 am tS2l8pl.jpg
I made a cedar JM. Headstock dives like a MF.
Just cos the cedar is light?
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Conway wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:36 am Captain Black has or had a cedar Tele. Smelled very nice.
Ash made that from Spanish Cedar. I don't know how different (if at all) that is from any other kind of Cedar. But oh man does it smell great every time I open the case!

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Spanish cedar is closely related to mahogany (hence is good for classical necks), but smells like coniferous cedar.

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Both macrocarpa and redwood are cypress species. My macrocarpa guitar turned out lovely imo. Extra benefit, stick your nose in one of the F holes for some nice fragrance :D

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https://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtop ... py#p824877
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Jay wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:47 pm ... stick your nose in one of the F holes for some nice fragrance :D
Are you trying to kill JB? :shock:

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kdawg2a wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:41 am tS2l8pl.jpg
I made a cedar JM. Headstock dives like a MF.

What is that amp? 😲

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murky wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:07 pm
kdawg2a wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:41 am tS2l8pl.jpg
I made a cedar JM. Headstock dives like a MF.

What is that amp? 😲
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"Spanish Cedar is neither Spanish nor Cedar - Stewmac
So not really comparable

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