What Tonewood is Best for My Playing Style? | Coffee & Guitars w/ Andy Powers
Choosing tonewoods can be one of the toughest, most confusing part of the guitar-buying process for many players. With acoustic guitars, the type of wood being used for the back, sides, and top can radically affect the guitar’s response, as different woods emphasize different frequencies and musical colors. In this episode of Coffee & Guitars, Andy Powers talks about different categories of tonewoods and how you can narrow down your tonewood search based on your playing style.
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Wonderful video! Is the guitar plugged in just for looks or is any portion of audio from the guitar playing at the end actually being used from the plugin? Or all from mic?
for strumemrs: mahogany, koa.
for fingerstyle: cedar/spruce.
Thanks. If you reply to my comment. Is Andy’s guitar a 517 or a 717 Taylor. Please reply
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How about a guitar that has Rosewood sides and back with a Western Red Cedar top??? I have one and my only complaint on it is that I seem to lack volume/punch/boom. Any ideas or suggestions on how to get more punch out of a Taylor with a cedar top and rosewood back and sides???
Hi! I have a classic nylon strings guitar made all from red cedar. how does it works having cedar for back and sides as well as for the top?
I completely disagree with him about strumming the thick overtones are berst for strummers, and the mushy muddy muffled mess is terrible for fingerpicking. Its the old mahogany vs rosewood debate that has gone on for 100 years, and the majority of musicians have always disagreed with what andy powers is saying and feel the opposite as do I as strictly a finger picker. So its quite fascinating to hear this guy claim otherwise as if he is just trying hard to be different.
Bla bla bla…all this a bit of nonsense…there are just too many contradictions in the real world. Kinda like moon spruce !
Very good advise. I am blessed to have some really nice guitars Rosewood, Mahogany and now a Maple Bedell Wildfire Parlor for the exact reasons you mention. Thanks for the video! Great job!
do you ever tested walnut? specially dense persian ones?
Uaaaa. Genial.
And ovangkol? More fingerstyle o strumming?
Thank you!!! Just got a quilted maple Lowden, and I still feel like a newbie in my analysis of guitar tones. I’m primarily a fingerstyle player, so to hear your comment on the maple being THE tone wood for sophisticated melodic pieces made my day. I love the sound but it’s good to hear a pro singing maple’s praises
Wish he'd have spent a minute on which is the most versatile; the utility player. A lot of us church musicians play finger style, AND strum like our lives depend on it. One Taylor is expensive, two is out of the question.
And for the wingnuts questioning his motives: Don't watch his videos. Problem solved.
Great explanation. I recently bought a 512ce. Great guitar.
So maple it is.
I don’t agree. Rosewood typically is more mid scooped allowing vocals to cut through. Several use mahogany for finger style.
He really makes that Grand Pacific sing.
He's talking about side and back woods ?
Another big tone factor is using cedar over spruce.
Maple for fingerstyle and mahogany for strumming??? Ummm… we'll just have to disagree.
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The guitar you played in this has excelllleeeent tone.
Taylors are kind of the Dodge Ram of guitars. Look good, but not much under the hood.
Sorry Andy you have it backwards. Disagree sir
Why would you not mention anything to top vs side woods, and how those combos effect the sound? This is the most basic info and pretty useless, strange for such an accomplished builder to put on its site.
Brilliant video. I always wantwd to know this as i strum n sing and hate the sound of most non solid guitars.
What about that rare Japanese Dragonwood?
Poison Ivy wood?
Hemp wood?
Pinewood?
Eastern Lilac?
He's pushing maple because that's the easiest wood for Taylor to obtain. I've learned to take everything he says with a grain of salt. He's unbelievably talented and knowledgeable, but now his priority his the growth of the company. I would ask a individual luthier who's a legend in the community and who's not trying to push a product.. like Jim Olson or Ervin Somogyi
This guitar sounds vintage.. which is weird because it's neither used or torrified.
So in summary – buy maple
laminated mahogany the immortal wood
What about Cherry wood?
toby from the office can really play huh
I dont know a rosewood is know as scooping the mids a bit, which is where the voice sits. So you aren't fighting the guitar trying to cut through
Which exotic and expensive tonewood is best for me to fumble through Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in my Learn Guitar in 15 Minutes book?
So basically mahogany is the best. Lol
What is a walnut back/sides/top guitar better suited for ?