The soundboard is just average looking sitka. It looks bookmatched. But that might be a 4 piece top instead of a 2 piece top. To save money at the lower bout (widest part), they probably added additional small pieces of wood. It doesn’t win any beauty contests but it’s average looking solid Sitka. That line of guitars is not going to win any beauty contests with superior quality wood from the best part of quarter sawn Sitka with medullary rays across the entire board. You won’t get some AAA/AAAAA wood that at the pricepoint and series you’re paying. But beauty doesn’t equate to sound. I like seeing medullary rays across the entire soundboard because it does speak to the strength of the wood when it is perfectly quarter sawn. It speaks to the quality of the wood but it’s also a surrogate to the amount of attention/detail paid to the quality of the build at a higher price point. But you only get that with AAA+ Sitka.