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Maple As A Tonewood

Maple is one of the traditional tonewoods for acoustic instruments. Right there with maple are rosewood, mahogany, spruce, ebony, and all the varieties of species of those trees. Maple as a tonewood for bodies or backs and sides of a guitar can sometimes be described as a transparent tonewood. What is meant by "transparent?" Well, with a maple body, the maple provides less in the way of its own tone, and instead, accentuates the tone of the wood used on the top of the instrument. For this reason, maple bodies guitars should feature the best soundboards available.

The other major factor coming into play with maple bodied guitars is the density of the wood used. The harder or denser the wood, the more the tonal characteristics of the maple in use will resemble mahogany, the softer - more tonal transparency. For all intents and practical purposes all characteristics of maple as a tonewood also apply to walnut as a tonewood, however, we will only be discussing maple with the instruments below.

Now obviously, maple isn't so often used in a dreadnought guitar as either mahogany or rosewood, and it looks very different, being nearly as light in color as the normal spruce soundboard. Maple, however, makes for an outstanding guitar, and especially for someone who is looking for something that might look and sound just different enough to distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack. (...)