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10-04-2015, 09:52 AM
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Adirondack vs> Sitka
Super many threads on this topic if u login and use search function ull find many useful informations.
In short u will find that there is little agreement and most will agree that the variability within species is possibly as great it more than that between species. I recently listened to the Laurence Juber in studio video interview at the Fretboard Journal. Halfway thru he talks about the development of the LJ signature Martin and he talks about the difference in Sitka and Adirondack and euro spruces. Worth a listen. Hans
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10-04-2015, 10:11 AM
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On average, Adirondack would be a bit stiffer, though there is more overlap between species and variation within a species than there are differences between them.
More responsive? That's straight up dependent on the builder. Responsiveness, projection, and tone are really in the hands of the builder. The woods just provide coloration. The "conventional wisdom" is that Adirondack starts out a bit "stiff" feeling and "breaks in" more than Sitka, but that is a gross generalization. Have played some amazingly responsive, brand-new Adirondack guitars and some stiff, quiet, dead-sounding Sitka ones. Those qualities were all due to the builders, though.
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10-04-2015, 10:16 AM
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To me, the Adi top seems to produce a bit more volume. I've currently got two Adi tops, both dreads and they have more volume than my Sitka top dreads, at least to my ears. At the same time, most of my other dreads sound more mellow. Maybe because they're older. Maybe because of the difference in wood. I like them all. Adi or Sitka. I think it comes down to what each of us enjoys. I don't think one is better than the other.
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10-04-2015, 01:46 PM
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These videos are I think, important when considering top wood 'properties'.
Note John Greven talks about mixing top and brace of different spruce to achieve different results. If you listen carefully and think what he's saying means for most (production) guitars made, compared to a highly experienced luthiers creations. Most guitars are 'thrown' together from the next piece on the stock pile. So Chas, if you want a guitar with particular characteristics, I suggest you ask someone with the experience and skill of Mr Greven otherwise the results of random pieces of wood stuck together will give you a wide variety of results. This is why you hear story's like "I played a fantastic xxx the other day, went back the next day to buy it and it was gone. Or "I played a yyyy guitar and dont understand why they're so expensive and folks rave about them." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zzjtwea-jQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZcrK795u6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gumFQkPr8Sk
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