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wouldn't using a hardener defeat the reason for using pine in the first place ? pine is light and resonate and is warmer sounding than ash - i think its softness is an important factor in the sound it produces - think about acoustic guitars with cedar tops - cedar topped acoustics are warmer and louder than similar guitars with spruce or other harder tops - cedar is difficult to work with and dents/marks easily - some custom builders prefer cedar tops for its sound advantages and feel its pros outweigh its cons - same for spalted maple tops - untreated spalted maple is very warm and resonate - stabilized spalted maple not so much - you get the look but sacrifice the sound quality - pine is what it is - it is lightweight, resonate and sounds great but it also dings easily and sometimes shows pitch/resin - just depends on what floats your boat and what combination of looks and tone turns you on -
- i'm not a complete idiot ... some parts are missing -
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