My general observation of sonic differences between instruments with solid wood tops and wood laminated tops with center ply at 90 deg. These two factors conspire to make instruments with construction that deviates significantly from the norm for the type to be perceived as sounding not as good sometimes. And it is certainly true that the musical material played on any type of instrument evolved along with the instrument, and exploits the features and works around the shortcomings of that type. What sounds good to folks most often is what sounds most familiar. to the outside plys? Could it mean a wood laminate where grain orientation was aligned for all plys? Could it include a center ply that is not wood at all, as in so called double top construction?Īnd then there is the issue of what the term "sound as good" means and implies. What exactly is meant by the term laminated top? Does it mean conventional wood laminates with the grain orientation of the middle ply at 90 deg. There are a number of variables here which should be considered.
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I posed the question to him in an email and he kindly responded and gave me permission to quote the following response.).check out his interesting web site. Mottola, a well-known and respected luthier, editor, and author. Just identify the model and describe the pic. If you have any pictures of construction, repair, or modifications, e-mail the pics to me at and I'll publish them. When this goal has been reached, it will be a wonderful day for all of those guitar players around the world who own a Suzuki guitar and have said to themselves, "I REALLY like this guitar.what is the story behind it?" If you have any information to add to the Suzuki story unfolding here, please submit pictures and/or stories thru the relevant links at the top of the page. I'm looking for any information re: the models of guitars that were manufactured by this company and the materials used.' I've attempted to create some kind of order out of the chaos that exists regarding Suzuki model numbers and dates of manufacture, but the following list is only incomplete. Suzuki in Nagoya, Japan does not manufacture guitars any more,Īll Suzuki's have had a fairly good-to-excellent reputation and some models are very collectable one reason is the quality of wood and workmanship there is also a history of copying from the venerable Martin company, (some story is getting passed around that the copies resulted in a lawsuit by Martin in the 1970's, but apparently is not true according to writer I had a tour of the Martin factory a few years ago and asked the president, Chris Martin, who gave us the tour (super nice guy)about the lawsuit, and he said 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery', or words to that effect. Today, there is a company called "Suzuki Musical Instrument CO." and it has no relation to the other Suzuki companies, but was started by Manji Suzuki, whose guitars used to be labelled with the 'M Suzuki' label. A company was started in Nagoya too - Suzuki Violin Company, Nagoya manufacturing about the same number of models as Kiso, but with different numbers. Kiso-Suzuki was one company to manufacture guitars in the region of Kiso-prefecture. The company may be known by the generic label "Suzuki", but there are actually three different Japanese companies that have manufactured guitars under the name of Suzuki during the 50's to the present time - but all having a common ancestry. Many guitar players own more than one guitar, yet a common story it seems is that the Suzuki guitar is the one played most often, or that stays with them when all others are sold. Suzuki Guitars have been around since the early 1900's and have attracted a growing interest by players and collectors alike. This is a blog dedicated to older Suzuki Guitars.
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