Laminated Archtop Guitar Plates For Luthiers

This does not cover voicing the top varying veneer thickness or graduating the top based on.
Laminated archtop guitar plates for luthiers. Laminated archtop guitar plates for luthiers. If you choose archtop luthier from the menu bar at the top of every page you will be taken to a page where all of our luthiers are showcased together. Last year i got a nice vacuum system for the shop and it makes the coolest laminate plates for these guitars. We also offer thinner laminates for the builders that laminate decorative exotic woods to their body without carving.
See my first post on this for the whole scoop. Thickness is listed for each top in decimals of an inch. Holst custom stringed instruments 2016 sheets of veneer ready to glue and press. Having made some laminated guitars of his own design he started to think about paying tribute to some of the guitars that have risen to the top.
Lmi has the very largest selection of bindings purflings woods strips and backstrips for acoustic guitar electric guitar bass mandolin ukulele and other stringed instruments. Here s the laminate plate process im using on the run of 14 guitars that i m on. When you choose a guitar maker from the list to the right you will find a personal introduction to the luthier and his instruments along with a direct link to visit his website. Electric body blanks and top plates used to laminate to the top of the core body wood.
But making guitars and guitar parts for other luthiers has always been a big part of my business especially laminated guitar plates for archtop makers says mckay. Many including myself attribute this to the great flexibility these guitars provide. In recent years the popularity of the laminate archtop guitar has increased significantly. In my gallery of completed archtop guitars you will find many examples of my laminated plates in use.
They use maple veneer and are laminated in. In contrast to a solid topped guitar the laminate archtop will have a much higher resistance to feedback from an amplifier. Purchase holst laminated archtop guitar plates. All guitars using my plates are indicated at the bottom of the frame as laminate archtop.
Materials include wood normally a tonewood we sell for back and sides fiber a crisp looking wood composite material plastic and marquetry layered wood. A brief description of how i make laminated spruce tops for archtop guitars the wood and the process.