Joe

I was unaware of the Cleveland Collection and listened to a few of the yootoob
offerings.  The 1888 Torres is a wonderful sounding instrument.

I agree that familiarity helps, but to date, I am unaware of any testing that
shows that someone can call out a material from the sound of a guitar.  Mahogany
family is different from Rosewood family is different from maple family etc, but
mostly not much.

I am a rank amateur builder.  I have a very nice Martin Indian Rosewood concert
size guitar that sounds in the top 85% as far as I can tell.  I made a similar
mahogany guitar but deepened the body by 3/4” and I cannot tell the two apart -
sustain, trebles, bass, midrange, everything just sounds the same.

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so you can listen with your eyes

Ed Minch