2014 Shopis D’Artagnan Model S | Blog

DjangoBooks · February 20

2014 Shopis D’Artagnan Model S | Blog

2014 Shopis D'Artagnan Model S

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MichaelHorowitz · February 20

This one will definitely turn some heads, simply gorgeous!

neebs4964 · February 23

Oh My! If I didn't already own 2 of his guitars I would buy this one!

Steve

pdg · February 23

Three guitars would be perfect!

swiessler · February 23

What a lovely instrument!

Gouch · February 24

Who’s played a redwood top Django guitar? What did you think of it?

pdg · February 24

It really depends on the particular piece of wood. From building guitars, redwood can be among the best, and sort of like cedar. (It was some of my best top wood.) But you can have better or worse pieces of any type of wood. You could ask Rodrigo how his redwood guitar(s) sound compared to spruce or cedar.

voutoreenie · February 24

Pretty sure Holo's built a few guitars with redwood tops...would be surprised if Dunn, Park and/or any other North American luthier hasn't at some point too

flaco · February 24

My Holo is redwood. I’m guessing it sounds similar to cedar.

MichaelHorowitz · February 24

generally a cedar top guitar sounds like a well aged instrument from day one. Super responsive, alive, and reverberant with lots of “wow” factor. Pretty much anyone who comes here to try new guitars walks away with a cedar topped one as a new spruce guitar sounds very closed up by comparison. Of course, spruce will gain those qualities overtime but you have to be patient. Also, spruce and cedar have some key differences with cedar being simpler in tone whereas spruce has more complexity.

I’ve never noticed a big difference between cedar and redwood, they both seem to have that mature quality right away.