GuitarLight

Red this was a great answer and what I was hoping to hear. My guitar IS laminated...but it is laminated with sheets of Mahogany, not plywood. It has a very distinct Hog sound and I wondered how this was possible if it were ply board, or particle board. Now I can understand how the hog sound is being generated because Select Mahogany is actually Mahogany, but pure laminated Mahogany with no fillers. Thanks a bunch for your answer, and to all the others as well!

The Epi site states that my AJ-220SCE has a solid top and ..."Select Mahogany back and sides" ....I realize that select means it is not a solid wood guitar, but the definition of SELECT MAHOGANY has not been given...Does this mean my guitar is constructed of multiple Mahogany pieces glued together to form the back and sides?...or is there some kind of cheaper filler other than mahogany in the middle of it as well? Just wondering. ...It plays great by the way and I am amazed at the fine quality of tone produced from it. And I know that much of that sound comes from the solid Sitka top, it's the "Select Mahogany Body" issue that i'm not sure of, and I don't know if it is made of mahogany laminated to mahogany...or plywood laminated with thin coats of mahogany to make it look good. I googled Select wood, and lamination etc..there were so many opinions on what they were that after reading for over an hour..I could still come to no specific definition of what Select mahogany is! Anybody out there in the Epi room able to clarify for sure what these terms mean? Thanks a million!