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Originally Posted by edman
Laminate is a nice word for plywood. The glue between the layers can break down, therefore creating tonal problems.
Are there excellent sounding laminate guitars? Yes.
However, most laminate guitars sound weak when played next to a solid wood guitar.
I prefer solid wood.
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While I agree that all-solid guitars are generally tonally superior ( I own 3), I disagree with a couple statements. Guitar builders such as Kuzio Yairi have and still build extremely high quality guitars with laminates. I owned 2 high end Yairis, but was bitten by the "solid" bug and traded them. I wish like heck I had them back. One was 20 years old and sounded amazing. I am sure the glues used are not Walmart quality glues and I bet they know what they are doing.