What Tonewood is Best for My Playing Style? | Coffee & Guitars
Andy Powers explores different categories of tonewoods and how you can narrow down your tonewood search based on your playing style.
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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