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Re: Grenadilla dust composites ?

Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2023-04-19 20:22

Well!.. I'm delighted that this topic has brought out so many great and diverse responses . All very interesting .

I agree that although we can no doubt endlessly debate whether or not Grenadilla dust lends something to the tone of a composite instruments, the fact that composites seem to be finding a good degree of favor with musicians can only be good news .

I tend to agree with Chris P ,that if you take a tone wood and grind it into dust , it's tone qualities are gone ..... However , using the dust with resins to make a composite may well create a favorable density for tone . One could probable equally use a whole range of other ingredients to the same effect , but if you happen to have a heap of scrap Grenadilla off cuts then ...... Great idea !

I suspect that what effects tone in the matter of a body material( in as much as it does ...also debated ) , is probably above all to do with densities and thickness'
' . ( yeah !.... I know ...I'm not going to defend that as an absolute truth ..Ha-ha!... That would definitly not be the case for string instruments.)

Tom Ridenour said something in one of his videos on mouthpieces which I found food for thought . He said something like.

" Making a good mouthpiece is not so much about using this material or that material. It's about knowing the material you have chosen to work with ."

So with this sentiment in mind, I'm all for the mastering of good sound ,be it using wood , hard rubber , hard work on the part of musicians ,or composites .

Surely " The proof is in the pudding " after all .

Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853

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