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| Laminate |
   
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2 | 1.15% |
| Sitka spruce |
  
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63 | 36.21% |
| Engelmann spruce |
  
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9 | 5.17% |
| Lutz spruce |
  
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8 | 4.60% |
| Adirondack spruce |
  
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39 | 22.41% |
| Koa |
  
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4 | 2.30% |
| Maple |
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0 | 0% |
| Mahogany |
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10 | 5.75% |
| Red cedar |
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23 | 13.22% |
| Other |
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16 | 9.20% |
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#32
08-02-2020, 11:34 PM
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Mahogany....
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#33
08-03-2020, 12:09 AM
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If I could vote for "Whatever Sounds Best", that is what I would vote for. I think there's so much variability that it's tough to make generalizations. I think there's some awesome Sitka out there, just as there is awesome European. I ended up voting Adi because most of my guitars happen to have Adi and in a vacuum, that is the top I would select. But the reality is that if a guitar has a "you know the species" top and sounds good, that is all that matters to me!
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#34
08-03-2020, 01:50 PM
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#35
08-03-2020, 02:35 PM
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Sitka Spruce - I may prefer cedar sometimes but overall if I only had a single acoustic it would have a Sitka top.
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#36
08-03-2020, 04:30 PM
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Do you mean until you tried a Taylor with it?? My Taylor has an Engelmann top and it sounds sorta punchy like the Sitka guitars I've have had but with more overtones. It has hit a sweet spot with me.
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#37
08-03-2020, 05:07 PM
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I’m one who believes I can usually hear a difference between Sitka and Adi. I love great Adi but voted for Sitka because the Adi has to be good or at least well crafted and too often it’s not. I find Sitka more consistently delivers what I like to hear.
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#38
08-03-2020, 05:24 PM
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Sitka for me, it just works with any style, brand, maker.
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08-03-2020, 08:06 PM
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Sitka over East Indian Rosewood -- oooooooooooooh
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08-03-2020, 09:03 PM
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All right, who are the 2 characters who voted "Laminate"?
 For me, I flatpick a lot and play a fair bit of acoustic rock, blues, etc. Anything works great I'm sure, I've liked the Red Spruce guitars I've had the most. I can't say for sure it's the top wood, but I definitely like red spruce!
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08-03-2020, 09:19 PM
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Two years ago my answer would have been Sitka. But now it's Adi by a country mile for the power, headroom, and note 'thickness'.
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08-04-2020, 08:00 AM
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My taste is trending towards Sitka lately after being focused more on Adi. The reason is playing feel. As my preferences have developed I sold a number of Adi-topped guitars that sounded great but played on the stiff side-even to my fretting hand. Some great sounding guitars went away due to perceived stiffness-D-18A '37, OM-18A, CEO-7 (my buddy's CEO was more supple than mine, dangit!), a SCGC OM cutaway. But of course the build makes a huge difference. I still have two Adi topped that are favorites that play supple and take full advantage of Adi-attributes...my J-45TV and OM-28A.
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#44
08-04-2020, 11:47 AM
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Paulownia.
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