All Solid Vs All Laminate. You ll less problems with temperature and humidity changes. In an all solid wood acoustic guitar each body wood component is solid and not layered or laminated. Sure i own many solid wood ukuleles some at the very high end and given the choice and budget i would always buy them but i also have laminate instruments too.
An exquisite all solid wood martin will defiantly sell for more. You ll less problems with temperature and humidity changes.
Typically you get better tone and sound from solid wood but laminate woods can stand the environment and the elements much better.
It can be sanded like wood to refinish it making your solid surface product truly last a lifetime. Solid surface is also easy to repair. The boards usually 3 4 inch thick are generally milled with a smooth top surface and tongue and groove edges that interlock to hold the boards together. One thing you won t find me doing is looking down on laminates as a whole other than looking down on badly made instruments as a whole.
