Bill and Ted,
I think the nature of mahogany would be counter to the needs of the lute
ribs. I've had mahogany bodied guitars, but the form of the lute and
the sound production is different. As a joining piece between the ribs
it should work, but the resonating body of the lute is different
Mahagony widely used at Gibson Les Paul electric guitars and
Rickenbacker basses. All these instruments are deepest godly sounding
instruments with lots of sustain. I dont think there is a room for this
wood at lute construction. And it is very heavy and color is hot with
deep
Dear Bill,
Never used the material for ribs and the like, but a few random
thoughts come to mind:
There are, of course, many types of mahogany and not all are classed as
'true' mahogany so we must be careful about over-generalising but
having said that, compared to
Bill,
Mahogany as an export timber arrived on the scene fairly late in terms of
lute construction. Very little of it made its way into European cabinetry
shops until the 18th century. Most of the mahogany growing at that time was
in areas controlled by Spain and in 1622 Cuban mahogany was
