Taylor 810 Solid Wood Or Laminated

Layered koa like taylor s other layered wood options layered koa features an all wood laminated construction in this case with an exterior layer of beautifully figured koa veneer and an.

Taylor 810 solid wood or laminated. If it doesn t make the guitar unplayable or mess with intonation it is nothing to worry about. So in that respect the laminated back and sides will vibrate a little less and reflect more sound back into the box. Make offer taylor gs8 acoustic guitar fishman rare earth pickup original case 814 714 810 taylor brazilian rosewood 810 b legends of the fall 2000 910 814 714 914 4 995 00. Laminated b s would have have impacted that at all.

A laminated top might have but if it was stiff enough to prevent that it would have sounded very dead. If it were metallic laminated would ring less than solid. Do i have a wrong serial 3 or is taylor website wrong. Laminated guitars offer a reliable sturdy platform for the guitar as it is less affected by changes in temperature and humidity factors which can alter the tone of the solid construction guitar.

20070311301 9th digit is a series code number 0 for 300 or 400 series 1 for 500 thru presentation series 2 for 200 series 3 for a baby 4 for a big baby 5 for t5 7 for nylon. Solid wood construction tends to express a wood s tonal personality in the fullest most complex way resulting in a superior musical sound. Sure i own many solid wood ukuleles some at the very high end and given the choice and budget i would always buy them but i also have laminate instruments too. Plugged in the taylor really starts to move ahead of the pack.

The answer is they don t really sound different. It s horses for courses. Also code on taylor website says that the 9th number designates model 3 baby not big baby. Laminated wood is typically stiffer than many solid woods but has more internal damping.

As we ll learn the rest of any acoustic guitar might be solid or layered. I recently bought a 2012 spring ltd taylor gs mini rosewood and i was wondering how the wood laminates in the gs mini spring limited series or the standard mini can sound different if they are all just laminate back and sides with maple rosewood blackwood or sapele veneer. One of the widely recognized distinguishing features of a premium or professional grade acoustic guitar is the use of solid wood panels for the top back and sides. One thing you won t find me doing is looking down on laminates as a whole other than looking down on badly made instruments as a whole.