What woods are your acoustics constructed of?
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SirJackdeFuzz
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Re: What woods are your acoustics constructed of?
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Dangerine49
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What size body are you planning and will it be strictly acoustic or amplified, as well?
I have a Gretsch archtop acoustic with spruce top and maple back and sides. Also, a Guild dreadnaught acoustic with spruce top and rosewood back and sides. The sound of the Guild is much richer and full.
What size body are you planning and will it be strictly acoustic or amplified, as well?
I have a Gretsch archtop acoustic with spruce top and maple back and sides. Also, a Guild dreadnaught acoustic with spruce top and rosewood back and sides. The sound of the Guild is much richer and full.
ImmortalSix
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Flame maple back and sides here, :smokin: spruce top
Sounds a LOT better than my old rosewood back/sides / spruce top - too muddy
Flame maple back and sides here, :smokin: spruce top
Sounds a LOT better than my old rosewood back/sides / spruce top - too muddy
Ez74
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http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-TAY-GSMS.html
I'm looking at these Taylors and I'm looking for strictly acoustic. I am looking for a high quality acoustic that I will basically have for the rest of my life. I am leaning toward the maple back/sides and the Sitka top.
http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-TAY-GSMS.html
I'm looking at these Taylors and I'm looking for strictly acoustic. I am looking for a high quality acoustic that I will basically have for the rest of my life. I am leaning toward the maple back/sides and the Sitka top.
fingerace
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I believe that bigger bodie styles (like the one you have there - which is slightly bigger than the GA) tend to sound "better" with maple.
For ME it's:
jumbo = maple back and sides
OM = rosewood (maybe mahogany sometimes)
DR = Mahogany
classics = cedar top and rosewood sides.
Of course not always!!
There are people who like jumbo's with rosewood and small bodied guitars with maple....
I think it's up to you, and the purpose that the guitar is intended for...
Can you play the guitar before you buy? That would be great...
I believe that bigger bodie styles (like the one you have there - which is slightly bigger than the GA) tend to sound "better" with maple.
For ME it's:
jumbo = maple back and sides
OM = rosewood (maybe mahogany sometimes)
DR = Mahogany
classics = cedar top and rosewood sides.
Of course not always!!
There are people who like jumbo's with rosewood and small bodied guitars with maple....
I think it's up to you, and the purpose that the guitar is intended for...
Can you play the guitar before you buy? That would be great...
ericmeyer4
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Re: What woods are your acoustics constructed of?
Solid spruce top. Deep Bowl plastic back. Personally I think it sound WAY better than the mid and shallow bowl Ovation. See Avatar for pic.
Solid spruce top. Deep Bowl plastic back. Personally I think it sound WAY better than the mid and shallow bowl Ovation. See Avatar for pic.
Zhangliqun
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I've got a Carvin jumbo cutaway (C780) and it's the usual spruce top with rosewood everything else. It's a really nice acoustic, especially for the money.
I've got a Carvin jumbo cutaway (C780) and it's the usual spruce top with rosewood everything else. It's a really nice acoustic, especially for the money.
Jeff_H
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I have a Taylor 314CE 30th Anniversary, and I believe it's Sapele (mahogany like). Taylor now list's the 314's as having "African "Mahogany". Both are from Africa...so I'm not sure what the diference is, but I seem to remember at the time I bought mine going, what the hell is "Sapele".
I have a sitka spruce top on it, not the more expensive Engleman top, but I love the way mine sounds.
I have a Taylor 314CE 30th Anniversary, and I believe it's Sapele (mahogany like). Taylor now list's the 314's as having "African "Mahogany". Both are from Africa...so I'm not sure what the diference is, but I seem to remember at the time I bought mine going, what the hell is "Sapele".
I have a sitka spruce top on it, not the more expensive Engleman top, but I love the way mine sounds.
Benjy_26
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I have two steel string acoustics. One is an Epi AJ18SC. It's basically a J-45 copy with a cutaway and Shadow electronics. It's got a solid spruce top and laminated mahogany back, sides, and neck. As far as tone goes, it's bright on top with tight, piano-like bass and a slight scoop to the mids. It's great for chording and playing along with electric instruments.
My other steel string is an Alvarez 5047 folk style acoustic. It's solid all around (I think) with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides along with a mahogany neck.
The tone is warmer than the Epi with a big low end bloom and a cutting, bright midrange. I like this guitar more for solo work and vocal accompaniment.
I have two steel string acoustics. One is an Epi AJ18SC. It's basically a J-45 copy with a cutaway and Shadow electronics. It's got a solid spruce top and laminated mahogany back, sides, and neck. As far as tone goes, it's bright on top with tight, piano-like bass and a slight scoop to the mids. It's great for chording and playing along with electric instruments.
My other steel string is an Alvarez 5047 folk style acoustic. It's solid all around (I think) with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides along with a mahogany neck.
The tone is warmer than the Epi with a big low end bloom and a cutting, bright midrange. I like this guitar more for solo work and vocal accompaniment.
G
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APX5A have Mahogany *cough* NATO or sappele, don't remember *cough* sides, backs, and neck, Spruce tops and rosewood fretboard.
I dig it. Sounds pretty big for a thinline, the price was nice for the features and as a thinline it suits me perfectly. I'm keeping it till it's destroyed and then I'm getting another one.
I also have a Stagg nylon classical. POS, essentially, it's made out of plywood. Has a sweet sound but no power or volume. Might slap a wood block underneath the bridge when the top falls off again (been dropped too many times) and restrig it with electricals and put a pup in the sound hole. Hey, if my dad screwed the neck by using steel strings I can finish the job :laugh2:
Jeff H, Sappele is similar to mahogany not only in looks but it also belongs to the same family. In my guitar, it sounds good... at least to me lol.
APX5A have Mahogany *cough* NATO or sappele, don't remember *cough* sides, backs, and neck, Spruce tops and rosewood fretboard.
I dig it. Sounds pretty big for a thinline, the price was nice for the features and as a thinline it suits me perfectly. I'm keeping it till it's destroyed and then I'm getting another one.
I also have a Stagg nylon classical. POS, essentially, it's made out of plywood. Has a sweet sound but no power or volume. Might slap a wood block underneath the bridge when the top falls off again (been dropped too many times) and restrig it with electricals and put a pup in the sound hole. Hey, if my dad screwed the neck by using steel strings I can finish the job :laugh2:
Jeff H, Sappele is similar to mahogany not only in looks but it also belongs to the same family. In my guitar, it sounds good... at least to me lol.
Re: What woods are your acoustics constructed of?
Well Rosewood will give you a deeper more resonating bass sound while Maple will provide you with excellent harmonics and not so much bass, but more treble.
"ok that actually makes me feel like a little peice of rotten fruit infected with maggots and stepped on by a large farmer man with manure on his boots"
Well Rosewood will give you a deeper more resonating bass sound while Maple will provide you with excellent harmonics and not so much bass, but more treble.
"ok that actually makes me feel like a little peice of rotten fruit infected with maggots and stepped on by a large farmer man with manure on his boots"
ratherdashing
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Re: What woods are your acoustics constructed of?
My S&P Pro Flame Maple has a solid spruce top and - you guessed it - flame maple back and sides. The back is solid three-piece, and the sides are a laminate of flame and eastern maple. The neck is mahogany with a rosewood board and a walnut peghead laminate. Body shape is dreadnaught.
It is a VERY nice looking guitar - very visually striking back and sides. Tonally, it is definitely brighter than your average acoustic, and also very crisp and articulate. It's a great tone for playing single note lines and parts that need lots of presence, but it is definitely not a one trick pony.
I would like to get a second acoustic to complement it: something in an OM style with rosewood back and sides maybe.
My S&P Pro Flame Maple has a solid spruce top and - you guessed it - flame maple back and sides. The back is solid three-piece, and the sides are a laminate of flame and eastern maple. The neck is mahogany with a rosewood board and a walnut peghead laminate. Body shape is dreadnaught.
It is a VERY nice looking guitar - very visually striking back and sides. Tonally, it is definitely brighter than your average acoustic, and also very crisp and articulate. It's a great tone for playing single note lines and parts that need lots of presence, but it is definitely not a one trick pony.
I would like to get a second acoustic to complement it: something in an OM style with rosewood back and sides maybe.
SirJackdeFuzz
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Re: What woods are your acoustics constructed of?
. . . ok, here's a hint :
http://www.rainsong.com/models/dr1000.asp :bowdown:
. . . ok, here's a hint :
http://www.rainsong.com/models/dr1000.asp :bowdown:
