[Payul]

Hi All!

In the past, a lot of flamenco guitars where made with maple sides and backs.
Anybody knows the different compared to rosewood or cypresse?

Payul

[at_leo_87]

you thinking about getting maple for your next guitar too? it sure does look nice, huh?

i remember reading somewhere that it's like in between rosewood and cypress.

i found this sound clip of a maple guitar.

http://www.zavaletas-guitarras.com/2...idoTorresM.mp3

[Payul]

Thanks for that link!

Sounds very nice, Yes, a bit between Blanca and Negra, you could say that......nice....
I think if i get another guitar, yes, maple is an option.......need to now more about it I think.
I like the look from a striped maple a lot, not so the curly one, it is a bit too fancy for my taste

[Payul]

I found another, on a japanese website, a Gerundino, if i hear the soundsample on the page, it sounds more "blanca"than my "blanca........I do not really like it.
What do you think about it?
The back looks very nice though!

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[at_leo_87]

yeah, i love the flamed, striped, tiger look. it looks ferocious and yet sweetly seductive at the same time.

that gerundino is a bit dark for me. i like guitars that are really pale or have a nice golden tint.
soundwise, it's hard to judge. so much depends on the player, the maker, the recording. but overall, it did not move me either.

do you have a specific luthier in mind? is there one nearby?

[Payul]

Well, the first that I think of is Anders Eliasson, I have a negra from him, very very nice guitar.
I played several blanca's from him, very nice too, but for my taste and playing stile a bit too blanca.
( I play a bit old school Paco Peña stile).

So, if a Maple is between a blanca and a negra, it might be very nice.

Maybe i must explain a bit more....On every negra I played, I hear a different in tone from the lower 3 strings and the higher 3 strings. Like the sound tembre is from two different guitars.
Like a grand piano, the high tones ring like bells, and the lower tones sound like a contrabass.

Blanca's, in my ears anyway, does not have it, the lower 3 strings sound as if they are from the same instrument as the high strings. ( the same sound tembre)

Do any of you have that experiance too?

[at_leo_87]

i haven't had enough experience with different flamenco guitars to hear it for myself, but i certainly understand what you are saying.

from what i've heard through his videos, ander's blancas are bright and explosive. i really like that sound. but maybe you prefer something more tame?

when do you plan to get the guitar?

[Payul]

Well, I have not decide to take another guitar......the Negra I have is 2 years old, and opening up very nice.....
I am just curious how Maple would sound. And if the wood from the back and sides is all that importand.....

Payul

[falseta]

you guys are making me want to get a new guitar... I have a very bright guitar... so a nice deeper sound would be great... right now my guitar is really light... a nice heavy solid feeling negra would be cool... will also be looking for maple just to see what it is like!

[Payul]

@ falseta, What is the maker of the guitar?

If we all lived in the same aeria, we could borrow a bit eachothers guitar....., for a month or so, to get used to it and get a good picture what you like or dislike..

A kind of a library for guitars....a guitarary, or borrow-a-guitar

Payul