Emerald made a video earlier this week to promote a “select series” in which they explain the process (between 3:00 and 4:10):
https://www.facebook.com/12781739164...76&v=e&sfns=mo
According to Alistair, boss and brain of Emerald, the veneer is only for aesthetics and has no impact on the acoustic properties. Thickness is only 0.3mm in the mold after sanding, and their process of resin injection makes that wood and carbon are bound.
I believe him has mass and elastic properties should be very similar if not identical (considering the manufacturing tolerance between 2 guitars), but I haven’t compared directly a standard carbon to a “woody” model.
I first bought a X20 which is a fantastic guitar with a very balanced frequency spectrum, and just received a X30 which is their jumbo model. More bass of course, but surprisingly it doesn’t feel much bigger size wise. It’s the very first time I’m able to play such a big guitar for more than 10 minutes in a row
