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Old 01-15-2019, 01:43 PM
FrankHudson FrankHudson is offline
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Interesting to take the blind test linked by the OP.

I was annoyed that the recordings seemed to have a lot of reverb which seemed to mask the timbre differences. I preferred the wood guitar for the strum and finger-picking, but liked the CF best for the "riff" segment. I placed the all HPL bodied guitar a definitely last for finger-picking and also last for the riff, but especially in the strumming I thought it held up well (things that often are read as "great tone." like sustain and overtones often work against the needs of many strummed parts). I wish the Martin all HPL OOO and OO guitars were cheaper, as I'd really like one to keep out in my "Studio B" office for quick acoustic parts. In a mix, and particularly with strumming parts I'd think one of them would do well.
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