Are Laminated Guitars Bad

This is common on some rosewood or exotic koa guitars that are still in the affordable under 1000 range.

Are laminated guitars bad. Guitars built with solid back sides commence with the admira teresa costing 410 578. As i said lovely guitar so may be it does. Higher end guitars use solid wood which is not only traditional in guitar making but generally produces a better sound than laminate. September 4 2017 at 10 25 pm.

For example in cutting solid wood panels for acoustic guitars the yield is about four pieces per inch of thickness the typical thickness of a back side panel is about 3 16 of an inch. Many times these guitars are stained in such a way that an otherwise plain cut of maple or cherry wood for example can be made to look just as. An ugly truth about laminated guitars. One somewhat surprising and elusive feature of many laminate guitars is cheaper wood is covered up by the outer exposed wood.

Admira artista lovely guitar costing 243 342 built with solid sides laminated back. Laminate guitars on the other hand can be made to accentuate certain color variations and grain patterns in the wood that are not only pleasing to the eye but are far more cost effective as well. Are you saying laminate acoustic guitars are not too bad long they have a solid top an have a good braceing on the top an if laminate acoustic guitar have laminate body an have solid top does.