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Originally Posted by pgilmor
I believe the OP may be referring to high end classical guitars that have double tops which, although laminated, should in no way be confused with plywood. There was a thread regarding double tops earlier this week:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...ght=double+top |
Yes, this... Two or more layers glued together = laminate. But as others have stated they aren't all equal. Sadly we have no system for grading quality of laminates since so many budget end guitars use them for back and sides. Most recently played a Sigma OOO-15m against a Martin OOO-15m, the Martin of course having sold mog b&s. Having the played the Sigma I would only shell out for the Martin version because of my desire to own "the real thing" but being objective tone wise, the Sigma version was on the money. I consider my ears pretty good.
With my Blueridge however, I could her a difference between the solid B&S model and the one with laminate b&s. So obviously my experience on the Sigma is not universal.