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11-26-2021, 05:59 PM
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What wood you give up for tone?
If you could trade higher grade tone woods for less decorative appointments, how far would you go?
What about a guitar with no binding, purfling, rosette, and maby a matte finish. This might keep cost inline with what you'd spend for lesser tone woods with all the decor for that same guitar. I'd rather all my money went toward tone. Besides, simplicity has its own elegance. 
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11-26-2021, 06:01 PM
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Not to be a pill, but I don’t see why you can’t have it all. There’s no shortage of great guitars.
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11-26-2021, 06:06 PM
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Since I am a serious player, it's all about the tone and the ergonomics.
So I would take the 'ugliest' possible guitar if it had incredible tone and ergonomics. However, in the real world, this choice NEVER comes up. [up next: angels dancing on the head of a pin... discuss!]
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11-26-2021, 06:24 PM
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I would say in general the soft furnishings don't matter a jot to me and I would never pick a guitar based on looks.
Also I don't as a rule like "bling" (but would never rule out a guitar based on looks either). Now, as it turns out all 3 of my current guitars happen to be beautiful looking instruments and that does give me joy too.
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11-26-2021, 06:30 PM
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Goodall will build you a Sitka EIR guitar that sounds not much different from Euro Spruce and Cocobolo.
Osage Orange is a wood that some Luthiers have compared sonically to Brazilian. For the price, this guitar gets is all for me, and I have 2 Brazilian guitars: http://om28.com/ProductDetail?product=P170412001
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11-26-2021, 07:37 PM
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11-26-2021, 11:43 PM
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What wood you give up for tone?
$$$$ Money... $$$$ 
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11-27-2021, 08:01 AM
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If you are talking about grades of wood I have never given much of a fig about it so have never pondered upgrading or downgrading an instrument based on that attribute alone. As for bling I do have a thing for a hand rubbed burst. But my guitars are pretty plain jane when it comes to binding, inlay and such.
The only guitar I own that might be considered fancy is a 1920 Gibson L3. While I could have gotten the same sound out of a less ornamental guitar, I admit the added touches on this one did come into play. The inlaid flowerpot on the headstock is a work of art on its own. But the deal sealer was the rosette. What's not to like about pre-War herringbone. Even the pin tortoise trapeze tailpiece although wacky is an eye catcher.
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11-27-2021, 08:14 AM
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What "wood" you give up for tone ?
I came back because I feared I was mislead since I did not read the question properly... Your text apparently say "What WOULD you give up for tone ?" Or you are using some coloquial expression I cannot understand... For me, no bling at all... In a guitar store, I would look away from bling.
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11-27-2021, 09:40 AM
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Thinks that I wish I could get rid of: Purfling, the trim between the back pieces, trim around the jack. Personally, I'd rather have Soundboard to B/S with nothing, or wood inlay only. Nothing in the back, and then let the bling be a cool wood rosette, and fancy inlays.
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11-27-2021, 09:53 AM
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For practical use, the tone and other features of a guitar's sound (balance, clarity, sustain) and the instrument's comfort & setup are the most important things. However, it doesn't make bling unimportant to me - we're all individuals, and I have enjoyed very much the looks of my higher-end guitars through the years. To the OP's point - you can actually have both tone and bling - I'm thinking if you're willing to pay extra cash for the best tonewoods, there's not going to be that much difference in price when "bling" is included.
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11-27-2021, 10:10 AM
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Although My current arsenal the guitars I've got do have a bit of bling.
Bling was not the consideration to purchase. I buy for tone. Looks, if they come along with that. So be it. I don't much care for the look of say a D45. with all its Abalone inlay's. But can't argue with the tone.
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11-27-2021, 11:25 AM
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I believe the money saved in eliminating decorative elements from a guitar build would not offset the added cost of high end tone woods. I’ve done this and ended up with a luthier built Braz/adirondack. It sounds wonderful, but the little extras cost nearly nothing compared to the cost of those woods.
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11-27-2021, 01:10 PM
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In most cases, I buy a guitar for it's tone. Appearance is secondary.
As far as what woods are used goes, I don't look for specific materials, just the end tone.
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