Carved top thicknesses for an optimum acoustic tone?

[GuyBoden]

In terms of recording and classically-inspired technique you can hardly do better than this:

Same guitar, but to my ears, I much prefer this sound I posted earlier:

[RJVB]

Same guitar, but to my ears, I much prefer this sound I posted earlier

I'm a bit disadvantaged in that video; the piece in question isn't the most suited for playing on steel strings IMHO.

I guess you prefer a more common steel string sound and/or the sound of playing with nails, then.

Michael's sound is neither, and that's exactly what I like about his playing.

[GuyBoden]

I'm a bit disadvantaged in that video; the piece in question isn't the most suited for playing on steel strings IMHO.

I guess you prefer a more common steel string sound and/or the sound of playing with nails, then.

Michael's sound is neither, and that's exactly what I like about his playing.

Here is Jimmy Bruno playing acoustically on the Benedetto Blue Guitar.
(It looks like a giant guitar in jimmy Bruno's small hands.)