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07-30-2021, 10:57 AM
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In your opinion what is the most versatile wood combination?
Excluding master builders, who probably can make any wood combination work, what is generally considered the one that would work equally well for finger style, strumming, or flat picking?
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07-30-2021, 11:05 AM
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Depends on the player's style/attack and might also depend on the genre of music, but there is a reason (okay, several reasons probably) that spruce/rosewood and spruce/mahogany tend to be the main woods used for most factory acoustic guitars. For 20 years I played a spruce/mahogany guitar and then for the next 12 years played a spruce/rosewood guitar. I spent more time strumming the first one and more time fingerpicking the second but really both were pretty versatile. The first was a dread and had a bit more bass, the second was a 0000 and favored the trebles. Lots of factors at play.
Best, Jayne
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07-30-2021, 01:21 PM
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I have to agree with Jayne: spruce/rosewood and spruce/mahogany are the two main choices. Certainly, there are others, but these two combinations cover the large majority of the acoustic guitars made.
As to which of these two choices is better, it's simply about personal preference. - Glenn
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07-30-2021, 01:44 PM
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Sitka over Rosewood for maximum versatility, imo. Plenty of warmth when brand new, not as tight or stiff as Adi for fingerstyle or strumming, and perfectly fine for flatpicking duty.
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07-30-2021, 01:55 PM
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I mostly agree with the previous posters, but I would say it is the spruce top that gives so many guitars a versatile tonal palette.
Rosewood or mahogany pair well with spruce, much like frosting on a cake. They finish the job, but they don't define the dessert.
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07-30-2021, 02:00 PM
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I think a Sitka spruce top gives lots of versatility. Back/sides dial in the tone.
Like Jayne mentioned, spruce/mahogany and spruce/rosewood are great options.
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07-30-2021, 04:51 PM
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The guitar is just a guitar.. nothing is set in stone..
Since I got a D35 J.Cash, it all went out of the window: Engelmann spruce - not enough headroom ?? - oh well  It is a grand piano, and made me to relearn all my playing after 50 yrs.. goes from whisper to roar just at your fingertips I´ve got here sitka/hog (some gibsons,martin 000-18), adi/eir, sitka/maple (SJ-200 64 RI, J-185), and many more.. they all sound good.. in their own way But the D35 JC is THE big daddy, and I´d never think this wood combination could work so well it is the sum of all parts, the bracing, etc .. and stars aligning, maybe
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07-30-2021, 05:48 PM
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Sitka Spruce / Indian Rosewood.
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07-30-2021, 06:23 PM
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This is also Jean Larrivee’s favorite tonewood combination, as it happens. whm
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07-30-2021, 06:53 PM
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Quote:
"It is a grand piano, goes from whisper to roar just at your fingertips" AMEN
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07-30-2021, 07:01 PM
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Spruce/mahogany is versatile. Spruce/Rosewood is quite versatile…especially if you add some light palm muting if you don’t want all the reverb/sizzle that is available with this combo. I tend to favor European spruce, but many others are equally versatile.
A less common, wonderfully versatile combo: spruce/walnut.
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07-30-2021, 09:42 PM
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In your opinion what is the most versatile wood combination?
Agree with Jayne, Brencat, Aeisen93, and everyone else that chose spruce top with rosewood B&S. I've already got one, but I would recommend a Taylor 818 X-braced Grand Orchestra, for that extra special spruce over rosewood guitar. Came with Medium Elixir Strings, but I now string mine with Elixir PB HD Lights, .013-.053. The bass can still more than take care of itself. Don .
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