Denise... first of all, just because you saw that guitar and loved it, three weeks ago, doesn't mean that anyone else loved it like you! I wouldn't give up on THAT one, just yet... call the store, or better yet, GO OVER THERE! I know you'd have to drive down the hill, but hey! It's for THE ONE, you know?
Secondly, I would attribute a D-35's "darker" voice to the bracing that's used in the guitar, NOT the 3 piece back... sorry, but the wood on a guitar's back doesn't do much, if anything, to a guitar's sound... I have played guitars with laminate backs that sounded wonderful, and guitars with lovely 2 piece backs of Brazilian rosewood that didn't sound good at all... there's a LOT more "magic" stuff going on in a guitar than the wood or the way it looks...
All the best of luck in finding YOUR "The One"... may you live happily ever after!
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Home is where the ones
and the things I hold dear
are near...
And I always find my way back home."
"Home" (working title) J.S, Sherman
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