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mrt10x 05-07-2010 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ahorsewithnonam (Post 2217743)
Great info, no wonder my all nato Yamaha has a hispanic accent.
do you feel an unusual desire to wear a blue beret when playing this guitar?

Minotaur 05-07-2010 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jackajesusfreak (Post 2218495)
I'm glad I ran across this thread. A wealth of info here and I learned a lot of wood types and such.

I always thought NATO wood was a wood that the North American Treaty Organization made. :lol:
If you put "nato" into a wikipedia search you get North Atlantic Treaty Organization. You have to put "nato wood".

Fatstrat 05-07-2010 01:49 PM
What is everyone overall opinion of Nato as a tone wood? I've never played a Nato constructed guitar I thought sounded good.

M1tty 05-07-2010 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jackajesusfreak (Post 2218495)
I'm glad I ran across this thread. A wealth of info here and I learned a lot of wood types and such.

I always thought NATO wood was a wood that the North American Treaty Organization made. :lol:
lol :D

I thought NATO was an alphabet soup designation for laminate wood made from HOG. :)

Xylophile 05-07-2010 01:53 PM
"I've never played a Nato constructed guitar I thought sounded good."

Very likely, they all had laminated backs and sides.
And not unlikely, they had laminated tops, too.





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brokepick 05-07-2010 05:33 PM
Nato is an acronym for "Not A Tree Originally."

Dek431 05-07-2010 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by brokepick (Post 2218920)
Nato is an acronym for "Not A Tree Originally."
:D:roll::up:

lalowdwn1 05-07-2010 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by brokepick (Post 2218920)
Nato is an acronym for "Not A Tree Originally."
Beat me to it - but I always said Not a Tree Ordinarily.
Not a great tonewood; not a mahogany either. Though on occasion I have seen some flamed laminates that looked interesting.

Fatstrat 05-07-2010 07:37 PM
That's funny because too me it doesn't FEEL like wood. More like plastic.

gitardude 05-07-2010 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jackajesusfreak (Post 2218495)

I always thought NATO wood was a wood that the North American Treaty Organization made. :lol:
Aw, shucks, that's what I wanted to say.

Xylophile 05-08-2010 04:21 AM
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Not a great tonewood
The thing is, we could only judge that (still subjectively) if there were many all-solid, quality acoustic guitars around with nato back and sides.

You could reason that if it was a good tonewood they would use it for such instruments, but that's not exactly how it works.




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