Spruce top VS Mahogany top
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donkeystyle
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spruce will have more highend content and mahogany will have more low end.
i don't really know why, but most of the acoustics that i've played and have been like "whoa this thing rocks" have been rosewood. i don't know what it is that i like, but apparently that's what i prefer.
i don't really know why, but most of the acoustics that i've played and have been like "whoa this thing rocks" have been rosewood. i don't know what it is that i like, but apparently that's what i prefer.
I agree Rosewood has a really nice balance. Warm yet snappy, kind of like Koa. I like Mahogany too, but not so much on large bodies (i.e. Concert bodies), as they already generally have a tendancy to be bass heavy, the spruce are a bit brighter, and are better on those. The best tone I have ever heard was a hand built maple-top, which you don't see often. It was a medium sized dreadnought, and had a wicked snappy percussive sound, which really lent to a nice bright finger-picking high-end with lots of good upper harmonics, and absolutely no mud in the bottom end.
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When I was younger I preferred spruce but now I like cedar. I guess I've mellowed with age 
Spruce vs Mahogany for top
I assume this is for an acoustic guitar:
Usually one would only consider mahogany for the back and sides, not the top of a guitar. The top of the guitar vibrates and produces the sound so the tradition has been that this wood is a softer wood, usually spruce or cedar.
The back and sides are traditionally made of a harder wood with hardwoods like rosewood and mahogany being most commonly used. I have a mahogany jumbo Trameleuc, the same guitar in rosewood produces a sound with less high end, so the back and sides do make a difference. The most important piece though, is the top, and it's a good thing if it's a solid piece of spruce or cedar. Hope that helps.
I assume this is for an acoustic guitar:
Usually one would only consider mahogany for the back and sides, not the top of a guitar. The top of the guitar vibrates and produces the sound so the tradition has been that this wood is a softer wood, usually spruce or cedar.
The back and sides are traditionally made of a harder wood with hardwoods like rosewood and mahogany being most commonly used. I have a mahogany jumbo Trameleuc, the same guitar in rosewood produces a sound with less high end, so the back and sides do make a difference. The most important piece though, is the top, and it's a good thing if it's a solid piece of spruce or cedar. Hope that helps.