Best Laminate Guitars

Solid top acoustic guitars are hybrids that combine the best parts of laminate and solid wood guitars.

Best laminate guitars.

Most of the guitar s body is made with laminate wood to keep the cost down while its soundboard is made with solid tonewood for a richer resonance. It s not even a race. At the risk of starting a firestorm by the zager haters i recommend the zager zad 80 or zad 50 as the best sounding laminate guitars. Zager is now out of business and i just sold my zad 80 as i made a martin hd 28 with an adi top from a kit and didn t need two rw guitars.

The lx1e is an acoustic guitar that also makes use of electronic components. In an effort to offer customers other more affordable options many builders also make guitars featuring laminate back and sides. Solid wood guitars do not contain laminated layered wood so as an example if you own a solid top acoustic martin d18 the top is all solid wood not. At the top of the guitar features a solid sitka spruce construction for bright tone which further compliments the back design that is made of a high pressure laminate mahogany wood material including the sides of the guitar.

This guitar has a new beautiful design a warm tonality and some awe inspiring volume. 2 the acoustic guitar forum general acoustic guitar and amplification discussion general acoustic guitar discussion previous thread next thread thread tools. 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. While the sound and tone that this guitar produces is amazing there are some tonal attributes that aren t very pleasant to hear.

Page 1 of 2. The best sounding all laminate guitars are the vintage red label yamaha s hand s down. As wood becomes more scarce and guitar companies struggle to keep price points low one way to save resources is to use laminate woods in the body construction of the guitar defined below. But the best means different things to different guitarists and picking the right guitar for them is a very personal choice.

The jim dandy is a parlor guitar that s made from laminate. The jim dandy is an excellent beginner s guitar that has a remarkable vintage sound that s almost impossible to find in laminate guitars. Using solid wood for the top is still preferred by most builders because the top plays a major role in translating the initial energy of vibrating guitar strings into rich acoustic sound. The body and the sides feature a mahogany laminate.

Laminate back and sides. For this round up we re presenting the best electric guitars around today covering a wide spectrum of genres playing abilities and most importantly budgets to help you choose the right axe for you.