Hey folks, quick question:

I've noticed that bows with maple core wood tend to be noisier than bows with bamboo or other core woods. Longbow, recurve.. doesn't matter. It seems that with a maple core, the bows tend to make a deep THUMP or THRUM noise as the arrow leaves the string. I don't get the same noise with bamboo or other core woods.

Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I just imagining things?

I'd like to hear some opinions on this also. For the record I've never had or even shot a bow with bamboo but have heard or read good things. Just enquiring minds want to know!  

i haven't noticed a big difference in noise between the two. could be the particular design or maybe another factor, like string/arrows/tuning, etc..

i do believe bamboo is a little faster and a better core wood for longbows. that being said both are proven and popular core woods

TTT hoping, knowing there's got to be alot of opinions on this topic!

Just a theory, but if one is heavier than the other, two bows that were identical except that one was maple and one was 'boo would use different amounts of energy to move their limbs. More energy being absorbed by the limbs would leave less in the form of sound. Same reason a heavier arrow makes a bow quieter.

I suspect that the maple is heavier and therefore has more of a "thud", however I've been awake almost 24 hrs and I'm really just rambling.

Sound is created by vibrations, therefore I think that if one bow is louder ( or sounds different ) than the other it's caused by slightly uneven tiller or unequal limb mass. Of course heavier core laminations, exactly as heavier arrows, also plays it's part in the equation.
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Andy

Swissbow I think you might be on to something there about the "one bow is louder (or sounds different)"

I know that when I switched to HP skinny strings I love every benefit of them and I personally "THINK" they are quieter! But honestly I figure it's just as noisy as before just a different sound.