Hi Alan,
I have two guitars with cedar tops, one over EIR and one over mahogany. They both work very well for fingerstyle playing. I also own guitars with sitka and red spruce tops and they work well, too.
From my viewpoint, spruce is a little brighter, but cedar has a very appealing lush, responsive quality. The string attack on cedar can sometimes show up as a little rounder sounding tone, particular on a rosewood B/S guitar. At first, I didn't care for that sound, but now I have learned to like it a great deal.
- Glenn
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