Everything is subjective when it comes to the appearance of wood grain on the top of a guitar. Some love “bearclaw”, some love “silking”, and some prefer straight-grains. If you promote something as unusual & desirable because of its unusualness...many will pay more for it, just because it’s unique...even though the truth may be that it might be a negative thing to the builder originally. That’s called “perception marketing”.
Please don’t be offended...but could it be that the promotion of “bear claw” or “silking” as more desirable simply a way to make use of pieces of wood that would normally not be used by a guitar company or luthier/builder because in their eyes it was flawed & unattractive?
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