Adirondack Spruce - I Don't Get It

[Ncbandit]

Originally Posted by hairpuller

He's still waiting for that addy to open up.
scott

That was worthy of a chuckle!!

[justonwo]

Originally Posted by Skip Ellis

Don't care for it, personally and think there's a lot of advertising hype involved. The stock ('whatever it is') top on my 2014 000-18 is just fine for me and the Sitka top on my Brook Torridge also sounds great. I really don't care what kind of top it is as long as it sounds good TO ME. The miniscule difference between the sound of 3 different types of spruce gets lost when you also factor in pick material, string type and gauge, room size and shape and number of audience members present. I don't really understand people spending a bunch of time researching and discussing this kind of stuff, but that's just me.......YMMV, of course.

I think in the end it really comes down to the individual piece of source, regardless of species. I do love Adirondack, however. When properly worked, it doesn’t need any extra time to open up - at least I’ve never experienced it.