It's pretty hard to assign a percentage value to the back/sides situation. Keep in mind that most of the tone characteristic comes from the top, which is hopefully either solid cedar or spruce. I've heard some great classical guitars with laminated back and sides and I actually owned a 1983 Eric Sahlin classical that had laminated sides....his guitars are some of the best in the classical world.
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