Roasting spruce speeds up its natural aging process, delivering a played-in, old-school tone. This torrefaction process removes excess moisture, making the guitar more resistant to overall atmospheric changes—perfect for tonal consistency. The Golden Age ...
and was intended to bridge the gap between the corpulent Dreadnought acoustic guitar and the petite, nuanced Parlor acoustic guitar. This “in-between” status gave the Auditorium acoustic guitar style a leg-up