All Solid Wood Parlor Guitar

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.

All solid wood parlor guitar.

1900 s coffin hard shell case included. Washburn 1886 style 306 styling with tree of life fingerboard inlay. 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. 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.

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. 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. If the guitar description does not say these words then the guitar is made out of laminate. It s also more common for a travel guitar to have 14 frets before the frets meet the body whereas parlor guitars traditionally have 12.

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. Washburn revival series r320sw all solid parlor guitar featuring solid sitka spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides. When looking to purchase your first parlor guitar you should look for a small guitar that s solid wood. 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.

When shopping online for a solid wood guitar you will need to look for the words solid wood solid top solid back and sides. 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. The style is not dissimilar to maccaferri guitars but it is a parlor sized guitar. It has a solid adirondack spruce top which is supported by hand carved scalloped x bracing and paired with solid rosewood back and sides.

These words mean that your guitar is solid wood. It sports a premium wood combination that is usually only found on guitars that are far more expensive. The sides and bottom are made of solid oak wood very rare the top is solid spruce. It s made of all solid wood specifically spruce for the top and mahogany for the back and sides.

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. In my opinion the parlor size and sound lends itself well to a classical style of play and the cordoba c10 offers excellent playability. At this price point this guitar is one of the best and most well made parlor guitars you can buy.