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08-02-2017, 11:52 PM
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Laminate vs. Solid Top/Question
Anyone ever moved on from a solid top so they could keep their all "lammy", because they thought it sounded better? I love my Yamaha LL6... But this Goya G312 I restored (paid CDN$40.00), which I think has a lammy spruce top (though many adverts I found online say "solid")... seems to appeal to me more since I shaved down a Tusq saddle and added bridge pins. I've tried to hope the Goya is solid spruce, but my eye sees laminate. Anyway, just curious if anyone's run into a similar situation. I like to strum, somewhat on the aggressive side. The Goya (C.F. Martin that's made to look like a D18) accepts this. The LL6, solid Engelmann Spruce, seems bothered by this...
I know this is all subjective. And I'm no professional, when it comes to playing! But I've played a while... And am surprised how I feel with these two guitars. (Maybe a upgrade to tusq or bone on the LL6 would end this thread?!)
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08-03-2017, 01:08 AM
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Keep the one you like. We've got your back. 
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08-03-2017, 04:47 AM
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I have an all laminate Yamaha f335 and since I put DR Sunbeams on it, i am amazed by it every time I play it. I put the Sunbeams on my new Martin Road Series GPCRSG and while brought out the tone, it's not the same total epiphany that they are one the Yamaha.
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08-03-2017, 05:11 AM
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At the end of the day it's all about tone. If it sounds good and plays well who cares what it's made out of!
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08-03-2017, 09:37 AM
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My current favorite guitar is a 1970 Yamaha FG-110 that cost me $40. It's an all laminate 000 size that probably cost $60-$70 back them. A low end model. If I put it down for a couple of weeks when I pick it up again it brings a smile to my face. The resonance, clarity and definition rivals guitars costing 50 times more. It's braced very lightly. It only weighs 3.50 lbs, vs. most modern guitars weighing in the upper 4's.
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08-03-2017, 09:56 AM
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Consider if this would be an issue before you came to AGF or where ever else you learned about the difference. Your brain is making rationalizations, saying that solid has to be better.
Just forget about it and enjoy playing the guitar.
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08-03-2017, 11:37 AM
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All solid or not, it's all about tone and how it sounds to your ears as mentioned above. I have a Yamaha FG830 and HD-28 I both got recently. But I find myself playing the Yam much more, it's become my main and beater.
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08-03-2017, 04:35 PM
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FWIW, the Tusq upgrade to the LL6 will be pleasing to the ear.
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As my username suggests, huge fan of Yamaha products. Own many acoustic-electric models from 2009-present and a couple electric. Lots of PA too.
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08-03-2017, 08:10 PM
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My old Aria is a laminate top guitar. After all these years, I still have it. I don't play it very often, but getting a little work done on it to address the action made it a nice playing guitar. It was never a bad sounding guitar, it just isn't a great sounding guitar. But it's a good player, and more than suitable for certain situations. I've played it on more boat trips than I can count, at more camp sites than I can recall, and it still looks hardly used after about 40+ years. Not that I don't have much better sounding guitars, but I still keep that old Aria.
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01-08-2019, 12:19 AM
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It has solid Mahogany sides and back (The patterns match inside and out), the top is solid Sitka Spruce (Top matches the inside patterns and markings. I have no idea what year it was manufactured, but it does have grover tuners. I suspect it is a 1979 or early 80's (Because it has no S/N (It is in near mint condition for that age). The GOYA on the squared off (Martin like) headstock is in block letters (gold hollow square font) (Matching the font on the label inside) The neck is solid stained mahogany with rosewood finger board, but looks like the bottom half that mounts the neck to the body is a two piece (Glued), still, nicely crafted so you can barely see the seam. Has an adjustable truss rod with 5/64ths action on the 12th fret. Last edited by American Red; 01-08-2019 at 12:24 AM.
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01-08-2019, 05:49 AM
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It doesn't matter. If you're having fun playing it and making music that's what counts.
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