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Good Saturday morning OLFers,

I will be starting an OM size guitar with madagasscar rose back and sides (thanks Bob - the package arrived last week and the wood looks awesome!) under the watchful tutelage of Mr. Tony Karol this coming September. What I am struggling with is the top. I have been contemplating Adi, Lutz and WR Cedar. Unfortunately, my knowledge of their respective tonal qualities is ziltch! I suspect the Adi would be bright and crisp, the Lutz somewhat similar and the cedar warmer and mellow (but I could be completely off base - that's why I like to hang around the OLF - you guys/gals know so much!). Now some of you will immediately ask "What sound are you looking for?", "What style are you going to be playing?". The guitar will be intended for fingerstyle play (don't confuse that with a suggestion that I know how to play fingerstyle guitar ). The sound .... well that's where I'm all over the map and figure some sound bytes would be really instructive in helping me get comfortable with my decision.

Can anyone offer up some sound clips of an OM mad rose combined with either adi, lutz or wrc?

TX!
Rick

Here are a few from the Dream Guitars website all played by Al Pettaway:

Hiro Ebeta Euro spruce/Madagascar

David Eichenbaum Engelmann/Madagascan

John Greven Lutz/madagascan

Bill Tippin Euro/Madagascan

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TX Dave! This really helps!

Cheers
Rick

Here's a couple YouTubes of Martin's Madagascar/Adi OM's

Actually the first vid is a short-scale take-off version of an LJ OM.

"Amazing Grace" followed by "Be Still My Soul".
This was recorded simple and slow specifically to illustrate its tone.
It is an OM cutaway with Madagascar back & sides and an Adirondak (red spruce) top.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6643030

Cheers
Rod

Rich and Rod,
My thanks to you for sharing these clips. I thought this process would be much easier having sound clips to compare. They all sound so juicy that it is actually making it hard to choose!

If others have any to share, I'm still all ears - pun intended!

TX!
Rick