Quote Originally Posted by A.Grail View Post
Bamboo is an interesting material... The thing about gunning for mass as a goal is - mass stores energy, sure it shifts the frequency but the dissipation is slow. This can translate to a smearing of dynamics. Managing resonance is dependent on three factors: Stiffness, damping and mass. Striking the right balance is the key for the 'resonance recipe' in terms of getting something tasty sound wise. Bamboo has a reasonable stiffness, good intrinsic damping and has a decent amount of mass (Better than birch ply.) Interested to see how you get on here, we went through a lot of iterations.
Thanks Matt. I'm taking things easy with the plinth, just doing a little every night. Hopefully it will be finished enough for me to do some basic evaluations soon.