Best Laminate Guitar

Hpl or high pressure laminate materials are becoming more commonplace in guitar construction.

Best laminate guitar.

Martin guitars in particular have a line made partially or almost completely from hpls. The cordoba c10 nylon is a solid wood guitar that s best feature is indian rosewood on the sides and the back of the guitar. The best sounding all laminate guitars are the vintage red label yamaha s hand s down. The zad 80 has a cedar top which is sweet and great for fingerpicking.

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. 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. But in order to go into this with y. The greatest laminate topped guitar i have ever owned is my voyage air om 2 which is all laminate top back and sides.

Jim dandy is an excellent beginner s guitar that has a remarkable vintage sound. I had an om 4 that lives at my buddies house now and have played an om 6 that both have solid tops and while they sound better than my om 2 the om 2 still surprises with how good it is. It s not even a race. Where lower end builds tend to require less refined and at times questionably sourced wood variations today s boutique flat top guitar builders rely exclusively on the most resonant cuts of solid wood.

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. Laminate back and sides. Solid top acoustic guitars are hybrids that combine the best parts of laminate and solid wood guitars. In an effort to offer customers other more affordable options many builders also make guitars featuring laminate back and sides.

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. Page 1 of 2. If you re looking for a moderately priced guitar that has an incredibly pure sound the cordoba c10 is a great guitar to look at. As a guitar construction material there are a lot of advantages.

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.