Laminate Hardwood Guitar Body

Laminating wood has been used on electric spanish gibson and epiphone guitars for 50 years.

Laminate hardwood guitar body. The acoustic l 4 however did get a solid spruce top. A major difference between laminate and solid wood guitars involves how the tonewood is sourced and processed. Both of these environments can expose the guitar to extreme dryness or extreme humidity both difficult for solid wood guitars to withstand. There were some benefits to using laminate woods in an electric guitar.

In this video i show how i make the multi laminate body blank out of rough cut korina wenge walnut and maple with. In an all solid wood acoustic guitar each body wood component is solid and not layered or laminated. It is created by sandwiching a thin 0 030 layer of contrasting wood between the body core and laminate top. Hpl or high pressure laminate materials are becoming more commonplace in guitar construction.

The es 175 came out in 1949 using a laminate maple top. Body northern ash f board macassar ebony とあります なんとこの木目でエボニーなんです エボニーは日本名 黒檀 と呼ばれるように 真っ黒な木材じゃなかったんでしたっけ でも実はこれ マッカーサー エボニー 日本語. A keen eye can spot these tiny layers in the top if you look at the soundhole opening. Martin guitars in particular have a line made partially or almost completely from hpls nbsp.

Look for a change in grain direction at the edges of the soundhole. It was a step up from the es 125 that had preceded it but it did not mean an automatic upgrade to a solid top. A laminate accent is a very thin line around the perimiter of a laminate top guitar body that creates a pleasing bordered look. That means the top back and sides are all made from solid wood components.

Laminate wood is well known to resist the elements much better than solid woods which make it a great option for people that prefer to hang their guitar on the wall or play it around the campfire. Two pieces of wood one on each side of the neck was laminated and glued to make the body wider and add the extension horn on the top of the guitar. This is part 3 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. The prince cloud guitar had the neck and main body constructed from a single piece of wood.