How to distinguish between solid guitar and plywood guitar
August 20, 2024
How to distinguish betweenSolid Acoustic Guitar, and plywood guitar ?
The simplest way is to look at the sound holes. Plywood is artificially compressed, and the simplest way is to look at the wood grain of veneer, which is irregular and caused by natural growth. In other words, the wood grain of artificial wood is very regular. To put it more clearly, veneer is natural wood, and plywood is artificial wood (made by pressing wood chips and powder under high pressure).
All-solid means that the top, bottom and side panels are all single-board. The guitar material cannot be determined by listening, because it is different from the material of single-board. The top single means that the guitar top is single-board. The pronunciation is also different, and the shape of the guitar barrel also determines the guitar tone. Even the most common spruce is divided into Canadian spruce and Northeast spruce, and the sound quality is also different.
The wood grain of the cut of the single-board guitar is not separated by lines. The simple difference is: the top looks at the sound hole cut. The wood grain of the cut is a line, and the plywood can see the joints of 3 boards at the cut. If the cut is sealed with paint and cannot be seen, it is best to use a file to slightly file a small cut to determine. To determine whether the side and bottom panels are single-board, you can look at the wood grain. The wood grain of the bottom and side panels seen from the sound hole should be consistent with the wood grain seen from the outside of the guitar!