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Old 05-28-2019, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JerryM View Post
If they were that great in tone everyone wouldn't be trying to find one that Sounds the most like Wood! They sound like what they are, Carbon resin and glues! Why do people spend thousands of dollars extra trying to put Wood veneers on top of them? If Carbon is so pretty leave it plain.
They don't sound exactly like wood, but many of us find they sound as good as wood in their own way. When I first played an X20 against my Martin, it took me about 5 minutes to say "close enough - it sounds like what a great acoustic guitar is supposed to sound like". I get that not everyone feels that way - i'm glad I do.

And putting a wood veneer on costs at most a few HUNDRED dollars, not thousands. I like 'em with or without, but when I got my current one, I knew it was gonna be a long term keeper so I decided to add the veneer just to give it some approximation of the wood aesthetic. Which, as I've said, is really the only thing I miss about wood guitars.
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