A guitar connoisseur as well as a senior editor at Wine Spectator, Bruce Sanderson shares how tone woods are to an acoustic guitar what grape varieties are to wine. Like a person’s preference in grape varieties, the desired sound of a guitar is subjective, a matter of personal taste and experience, and can be distinguished based on the wood used to make the instrument. Read his column for more!
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