Hi guys, I have an early morning idea that I want to get opinions on.
As I mentioned a couple days ago, I bought myself a Guilele. It is plain however, it does not have any designs around the sound hole. My idea is to print out a pattern of a Lute rose on stiff paper (or parchment), scaled down to the size of my soundhole, and carve it out on a thin sheet of Balsa wood. Then I would place it in my Guilele's sound hole. The main question I have is, does the type of wood used for the rose going to affect the sound of my Guilele? - Because, Balsa wood is the thinnest (with varying thickness), inexpensive and most available wood I can get locally. It would be ideal for using with an X-acto knife, since that's probably all I'm going to find around here too. Any opinions on that?
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