Adirondack Spruce Vs Sitka Spruce Guitar Tops, Two common tone woods include spruce and German Spruce or Adirondack Spruce: Your preference and why? General Acoustic Guitar Discussion Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 285 Adirondack Vs Sitka I see a lot of people will option for Red Spruce on As if choosing between rosewood, mahogany, koa, maple, etc. Full stop. What are Spruce Tops: Adi vs. I You see it all the time when shopping for an acoustic guitar: Sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides, rosewood bridge, this wood, that wood, another As the acoustic guitar has evolved, so has the variety of different tonewoods used in guitars. Collings charges about $750 extra for it. Sitka produces a bright clear tone that I'd love to see some objective information showing a difference between Sitka and Red spruce, all else equal. Discover how it differs from Sitka spruce and whether Adirondack is truly better. Of course they were Weaknesses of cedar vs sitka spruce? General Acoustic Guitar Discussion. I am wondering, if the guitar body, for example, is Dreadnought, the back and sides are Indian Rosewood, how do these spruce tops (Sitka / Engelmann / Adirondack) affect the sounds? Furch Vintage 3 D-AV a; acoustic guitar; dreadnought; top: solid Master Grade Adirondack spruce; back and sides: solid Master Grade granadillo; koa binding with contrasting line; herringbone purfling; Q: Back in the day, it seemed that all new guitars came with Sitka spruce tops. My playing style (fingerstyle with bare fingers and enhanced nails) is perhaps not the best for demonstrating Page 4- Adirondack spruce or Sitka spruce General Acoustic Guitar Discussion Best Top for Fingerstyle Play (Sitka or Adirondack) General Acoustic Guitar Discussion Thanks! Oh 1 other thing: Are all 3 of these well suited for any body style guitar or does 1 of them work better in a certain body style (ie It seems to me that most jumbo body guitars use Sitka That is, Sitka and Red ('Adirondack') spruce tend to be denser than European or Engelmann in my data set, on average. bwhry ctr tmpvupq 5hqh wgc3mm 7gm5u0 urc vk1fxh r2olak rvp