Go-guitar back and side wood

[paintbyeyes]

Hello there, I am looking into the Go-guitar built by Sam Radding. I'm pretty sure that I will get a grande sized one and change the fretboard from rosewood to Ebony. But, I still can't decide what kind of back and side wood that I should go for.

I play both figer-style and flat-picking. I am currently thinking of either walnut(default), koa or rosewood. I know that there are distinct tone differences between these three, but it's just hard to decide when there are optoins (human's nature evil..haha). I was a little bit more leaning toward koa for its sweet sound and pleasant wood figure. But I heard that koa's sound is more variable and unpredictable between batches of wood. So, I would like to know your opinions. If you have any kind of experience with other good tonewoods for the go-guitar, I will also appreciate if you can share your experience with me.

 

Thanks guys!

[JasmineTea]

Go guitars I doubt if anyone's heard of it. First I've heard of it.

 

As for back and side tonewoods on a tiny guitar: Some argue the back and side wood differences are not all that significant on full size guitars. I think they are. But with a realy small guitar like the Go guitar, I doubt it'll make a big difference from one tonewood to another.

 

Then again, although it's not a mandolin, mabey some mandolin players would have an opinion about it.

[paintbyeyes]

Originally posted by JasmineTea As for back and side tonewoods on a tiny guitar: Some argue the back and side wood differences are not all that significant on full size guitars. I think they are. But with a realy small guitar like the Go guitar, I doubt it'll make a big difference from one tonewood to another.

 

 

 

I kinda agree with you that the difference between tonewoods might not be that noticable for this tiny guitar. thanks for the link, JT!