Bearclaw top
I'm looking at a Martin that has a bearclaw top. I like the way it looks and it sounds good to my ears. Any thoughts about bearclaw? Is it desirable/undisirable? Does it affect the tone of the guitar...
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Bear claw looks great! I don't know if it has any bearing on tone though. I have two guitars with bearclaw tops. They both sound great-- but I think that has more to do with their being Martins!Bob
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Dana Bourgeois says.....Before leaving the spruces, I should mention bearclaw figure, or hazelficte-a delightful pattern in the grain occasionally occurring in all species of spruce. Bearclaw, like...
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Thanks for the tip. I'm really making a study of this before I take the step to actually deal on this guitar
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Mike Longworth said this about bearclaw:Martin had a huge stack of spruce with striations, usually called "bear claw". In a staff meeting they bemoaned having so much rejected material that...
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I've heard experts weigh in on both sides of the equation. Personally, I suspect that any given piece of bearclaw spruce will sound about as good or bad as any other. I say buy it or don't based on...
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Nod --Those are the words of Mike Longworth, direct from an e-mail to me before he died, as God is my witness. And his was a voice from the inside.How this might or might not have an impact on my...
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