When shopping online for a solid wood guitar you will need to look for the words solid wood solid top solid back and sides.
All solid wood parlor guitar.
The e20p is a bonafide all solid wood acoustic instrument with its small body crafted from some fine tonewoods.
As so often with pre war european guitars no maker is visible at all so i can just assume from how it was made that it might have been made by hoyer but it is a vague guess.
It has a solid adirondack spruce top which is supported by hand carved scalloped x bracing and paired with solid rosewood back and sides.
The style is not dissimilar to maccaferri guitars but it is a parlor sized guitar.
Washburn 1886 style 306 styling with tree of life fingerboard inlay.
In my opinion the parlor size and sound lends itself well to a classical style of play and the cordoba c10 offers excellent playability.
Built with a canadian cedar top and indian rosewood back and sides the c10 parlor has a reduced 7 8 body size and 50mm nut width.
Guitars that use solid wood compared to laminate sound much much better.
This is an all solid wood parlor guitar crafted with sitka spruce on the top along with mahogany on the back and sides leading to a clean rich and well balanced tone.
At this price point this guitar is one of the best and most well made parlor guitars you can buy.
Other appointments worth noting is the sleek mahogany neck the premium ebony fretboard and the vintage style slotted headstock with a set of open geared gotoh tuners.
The sides and bottom are made of solid oak wood very rare the top is solid spruce.
These words mean that your guitar is solid wood.
It s made of all solid wood specifically spruce for the top and mahogany for the back and sides.
When looking to purchase your first parlor guitar you should look for a small guitar that s solid wood.
The guitar comes in at just a hair over 1 000 but what you re getting is an all solid wood guitar with gorgeous indian rosewood on the back and sides.
Parlor guitars also typically have longer and thinner bodies than travel guitars and a standard nut width while travel guitars have a narrower nut width.
The revival series draws inspiration from the great washburn instruments that were crafted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
If the guitar description does not say these words then the guitar is made out of laminate.
It also has a double action truss rod built in which have been known to better withstand environmental variables and is made in north america.
Washburn revival series r320sw all solid parlor guitar featuring solid sitka spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides.
At the core of the mpa66 is its all solid mahogany wood body which gives it a warmer and rounder tone compared to those with spruce tops.
The all solid alvarez mpa66 parlor guitar is a great example of quality materials and build coming together resulting in an instrument that looks as good as it sounds.
The c10 parlor is ideal for guitarists looking for the comfort and ease of playability that a smaller instrument provides while retaining the sweet warm tone created by all solid wood construction.