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Post by edcat7 on Jan 12, 2014 17:17:10 GMT
A lot has been written about guitar tonewoods but little if anything about ruan tonewoods. If cost is the best indicator of tone quality (on a ruan) then rosewood has to win hands down. However rosewood on a guitar at least isn't considered ideal because it's considered bright sounding. To cut a long story short I have a SGN zhongruan but it isn't made from rosewood. It isn't the starter whitewood one either. Does this mean it's made from basswood? Looking at these guitar forums basswood whilst cheaper is considered better sounding than rosewood.
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Post by sanmenxia on Jan 12, 2014 21:23:54 GMT
I would take "rosewood ruan" to mean the sides and neck are made from rosewood, the top (sound board) would be I guess paulownia, similar to other Chinese string instruments. Would a whitewood ruan would refer to the sides and neck being made from light coloured wood which has been stained?
With a guitar, the top would be spruce or some type of pine, it's the sides, back and neck that are rosewood or other hardwoods like mahogany.
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Post by edcat7 on Jan 13, 2014 0:50:42 GMT
Are there different grades of paulownia? From the pictures I've seen on the Eason website and on my liuqin the paulownia is dark yellow. On my zhongruan it's white. My teacher told me over time the paulownia darkens, but somehow I take this with a pinch of salt. Do they stain the paulownia on the more dearer ruans? If so I'm tempted to do the same on my zhongruan.
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