Not only that, the timbers will ‘season’ as they age. It’s just better all round! You’ll get more of your fundamental note, more harmonic overtones, more richness and more flavour of sound when the entire instrument is buzzing with vibration. Better still is when the whole body resonates with solid wood, transmitting that energy more effectively and with more tone and volume. This is why many guitars feature a ‘solid top’. The guitar’s top is where most of the energy created from a plucked string resides, so that’s the most important part to have as solid wood.
Laminated wood just doesn’t do this anything like as effectively.
This is also why different types of wood have an influence on the resulting tone of the guitar. Laminated wood is as much glue as wood, and even then, the ‘wood’ can by more plywood than that of a tree! Proper wood resonates well and carries tone and volume excellently, so using it to fashion a guitar’s body means that the tension and vibration from a plucked string is brought through the wood by vibrations and into the open space of the soundhole, where it’s projected out. Solid timbers have a consistent level of grain and wood density when compared with laminated wood. But how? Well, it’s really down to vibration. Solid timbers make acoustic guitars sound better. Yes, friends, Epiphone have performed an acoustic guitar equivalent of a slam dunk with their brand new ‘ Inspired by Gibson’ range! What are we talking about? We are talking about authentically styled, ALL-SOLID acoustic guitars, made under the prized Epiphone banner, of favourites like the aforementioned Hummingbird, J-200 and also the J-45! These are Gibson’s best-loved acoustic models and Epiphone have never before offered them as entirely solid-timber guitars! Rejoice! Well, we were talking top dollar.until now! Now, if you wanted that all-solid timber acoustic guitar to also bear the stylistic hallmarks of some of the most beloved acoustics of all time – like, say, the Gibson Hummingbird or J-200 – then we are talking top dollar. Trouble is, all-solid is generally accompanied by a steep price ticket. They sing out louder, clearer and ‘season’ just like fine wines.Ī solid top is a must for tone, but all-solid is where it’s really at.
We all know it! Acoustics built with a solid top and solid back ‘n’ sides just resonate better. A Closer Look: BRAND NEW Epiphone 'Inspired by Gibson' Acoustic Guitars!Īcoustic guitars with all-solid wood construction: that’s the goal.
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