Yamaha Laminate Guitar

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 layered in any way.

Yamaha laminate guitar.

This is an all laminate guitar spruce over rosewood so it s not going to win any prizes for superb tone but it sure does get you a good deal closer to decent tone compared to the vast majority of similarly built guitars from the same time. The yamaha difference every element of how we design and craft our guitars is built around our mission to make instruments that inspire. Any professional guitarist will tell you that having an acoustic guitar with such a solid top is quite huge. And where tone may not be quantifiable the general consensus is that resonance and overall build quality of a guitar leads to harmony and balance in the overtones and that airy piano like quality that is undeniably pleasing to listen to.

But ultimately a laminate guitar simply cannot resonate as freely as an all solid wood instrument. Yamaha s srt system uses a precisely matched pickup and preamp system to reproduce the sound of your guitar as if it were picked up by microphones. Our guitars are made differently theyʼre made in yamaha. This is a review of my recently acquired solid top acoustic guitar takamine eg440sc vs my 23 year old acoustic all laminate yamaha.

Great deals on yamaha laminate electric guitars. Fast free shipping on many items. The yamaha fg700s is has a sitka spruce top rather than laminate which is great bearing in mind how important the top soundboard is to the actual sound produced. 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.