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Old 04-30-2005, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by edman
Martin, Taylor, etc are in the mass production business. Very simple concept -they can't make changes during production runs.

Another thing to consider is the fact that Martin, Taylor, etc., customers like the products the way they are. People want the Martin sound or the Taylor sound, etc. Besides, most small time builders mimic their designs.

Although, the most important factor determining how good a guitar sounds is the guitarist's ability to play. No one will care whose guitar you are playing if you can't play it well.
I don't think taylor cares so much if they do something unorthodox just because it's better, like the NT neck. so if laminate was in any way better for anything, it seems like they would have at least either addressed that in wood & steel, website, etc. or taken it into consdieration for building. IMO glue inbetween the layers of wood in a laminate is a damper, there's no other way of looking at it, it's just like a calorimeter where the air will completely disallow temperature gradients.
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