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Originally Posted by JohnZ
Agreed, for most live applications a laminate is preferable to a solid top, be it a thinline or 3" body.
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Very true....a carved spruce top sounds great unplugged but, feeds back in a most "un-musical" way at higher volumes. A laminate top is much more controllable.
"Plywood boxes" are great for jazz and blues and are real cane-raisers for the raunchiest of electric R&R.
An Eastman archtop puts out a HUGE amount of sound with the Armstrong pickup and when dialed back is quite elegant though, I prefer a more well mannered pickup, myself.
As for plywood....one advantage is that the sound is what it is and will be that and no more or less from the purchase date (like a solid body).
It's all in what your ear needs and where you plan to play.