onewilyfool Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 For me, it has to be: for back and sides, AND for top........ How about you???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I guess I'm a Maple/Spruce guy from looking at my guitars. I will also say that for some reason I prefer maple necks to mahogany, although I've never quite put a finger on why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 I guess I'm a Maple/Spruce guy from looking at my guitars. I will also say that for some reason I prefer maple necks to mahogany, although I've never quite put a finger on why. I's sure you've put a palm on your maple necks???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Hog! Then adi or spruce. Thank you very much. Ce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvguit Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Adi and hog. Although my buddy just picked up a 2010 AJ (Sitka and Rosewood) and it sounds sooooooo sweet with that 25.5" scale. By the way Bailey Brothers in Birmingham (U.S.) treated him really nice!! They gave him a great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Always been a hog boy ... but the SWD opened my eyes up to rosewood b/s .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Got me a birch body with spruce top - a wicked little slide guitar - love it A laminate maple body with spruce top - moves alot of air and is full and round sounding - love it Also a spruce top and mahogany body - punchy and quick with a peanut butter smooth response - love it Then there is an adi top with a mahogany body - put a set of Black Diamond strings on her and she will ring till Kingdom Come - love it So I guess I don't care so will will go with: U.S. Steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 For me it depends on what type of music has to be played. Bluegrass and flatpickin' I like rosewood back and sides with spruce top. Strumming and singing you just gotta have mahogany with spruce top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Having only ever owned 1 high end acoustic, I'd have to tick the spruce over rosewood box. My SWD is brilliant. But I love the look, sound and feel of maple. My Tak 12er is spruce over maple although having a piano black finish, you wouldn't know by sight. I recently played an SJ200 Elite in maple which completely blew me away. I can look at the maple neck on my strat for quite a while before realising it's an odd thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Must have grown up in a hammock between a rosewood and a tall spruce tree, since all the first guitars I played were from these two*. Not untill much, much later (only last year) circumstances of the journey shifted when a different path presented itself. 'Forest of Mahogany' said the sign and what could I do. Had to follow the path and see what happened. Naturally a variety of Gibsons were met : J-45's of all ages, nice old SJ's and floks of multicoloured H-birds, to mention a few. Also a Taylor 510 Lemon Grove and even a Martin appeared on the way. And yes, they were - as rumour told - mellower, sweeter, slightly quieter, more tender and frail (I even hear hog-wood make tiny bubbles !). The change was good. It lifted and inspired. Challenged my ears and fingertips. Still the general situation of mine demanded a major choice. Having started a co-work with a local luthier in December, and drawn him the lines of an acoustic 6-string, woods now had to be decided. He had been creating in both hog and rose and showed me examples of his former results. I tried, , , and tried again - then went for the latter. Don't know, but something in me didn't dare go hog, neither tempting ceder. So there I was - back in the hammock swinging my way through a patient summer. Should be said I played Gibsons every single day while waiting. In fact I still wait, but my new homedrawn should be ready this week. Wiiild, what will it sound like, we don't know. Haven't got a clue, but it's based on a Mart. 12-fret so maybe. . . . Now that you ask wilyfool, check out the brazilian - others are highly wellcome too (the chalk lines are factory standards). And then a quiz : Can anybody tell the three albums seen in the sofa-landscape ??? * okay, apart from those 2 late70'ties Norlins - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 My humble opinion is that blindfolded, I am guessing most folks would not be able to tell a guitar with a rosewood body from one with a mahogany or maple back and sides never mind something like a guitar with a walnut neck as opposed to one with a mahogany neck. I have been playing some 50 years and I sure as heck can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Id give it a go ... assuming the top was spruce and same body type i reckon i could pick mahogany, rosewood and maple b/s. They each have a pretty specfic characteristic thats quite easy to identify. Thats why i normally play out with a hog and r/wood guitar, for significantly different tone. My humble opinion is that blindfolded, I am guessing most folks would not be able to tell a guitar with a rosewood body from one with a mahogany or maple back and sides never mind something like a guitar with a walnut neck as opposed to one with a mahogany neck. I have been playing some 50 years and I sure as heck can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvguit Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 My humble opinion is that blindfolded, I am guessing most folks would not be able to tell a guitar with a rosewood body from one with a mahogany or maple back and sides never mind something like a guitar with a walnut neck as opposed to one with a mahogany neck. I have been playing some 50 years and I sure as heck can't. While I would love to say this isn't true of myself, you are probably right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtel Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Brazilian and Adi. Although Hog and Adi is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennroots Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I've got 2 of the albums: "Magical Mystery Tour" the Beatles, "Rough Mix" - Pete Townsend & Ronnie Lane. Not sure but is the 3rd a Rory Gallagher album? favorite tone woods: maple/spruce for mandolins hog/spruce for guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph1050 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The SWD with Rosewood and Sitka is awesome. Going with Premium Grade Rosewood for B/S and Master Grade Englemann Spruce for the customs top. We'll see how she sounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 My humble opinion is that blindfolded, I am guessing most folks would not be able to tell a guitar with a rosewood body from one with a mahogany or maple back and sides never mind something like a guitar with a walnut neck as opposed to one with a mahogany neck. I have been playing some 50 years and I sure as heck can't. Dear zombywoof - If you are a player in the vein of your sub-quote "I play so rough - I stomp 'em - I don't peddle 'em" there might be an explanation. But why on earth go Gibson - why go mahogany or SJ, if you can't tell the difference. Have a look, these might work as some guidance. Best to you. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuneitfred Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I generally prefer spruce top w/ maple back and side. I like flamey maple purely for the look, I know it doesn't effect tone. Not that I'd be able to tell the difference anyway. Here's a sample of m-m-m-maple goodness. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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