While I can tell the good from the bad in redwood topped guitars, no redwood topped guitar I've run into makes the kind of sound that fits my concept for "tone". The very quality that I seek and call "tone" is actually missing. I have made several RW topped guitars, and they are no exception. I do know that people of sophisticated taste do actually love RW for qualities that are unique to the material, and I doubt I will ever understand that. I suspect it is related to the difference between tube and solid state amplifiers. I am a tube guy, of course.
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