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mike81800 - Posted - 11/27/2008: 11:31:13
Hi I am new to all this stuff. I bought a Rogue biscuit cone resonator. It sounds okay. I was wondering what is the best wood for the biscuit bridge holder. I know that the bridge should be hard maple but what about the biscuit itself. Is that a good replacement out there?? Does it make any difference. I think it would make a difference since the vibration is going from the strings through the bridge through the biscuit to the cone.
Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Paul Hostetter - Posted - 11/30/2008: 17:37:34
It does make a difference. If there's too much mass to the biscuit, a lot of string signal gets absorbed. Soft light maple works, but I have had better luck with spruce and even redwood - with the grain at right angles to the slot that holds the saddle. Grapefruit wood was one of John Dopyera's favorites for both biscuit and saddle, and it's a very interesting wood, but good luck ever finding any. Maple works about as well.
Paul Hostetter, luthier
Santa Cruz, California
lutherie.net
