Laminated Maple Guitar Top

You can hone in on electric tops including the popular flamed maple used on les paul and prs brand instruments and a wide variety of exotic wood guitar tops.

Laminated maple guitar top. Many of these fine tops can be included in our guitar kits see the kit wizard section of our website. Supplier of high quality tonewoods specializing in figured maple and exotic hardwoods. Make offer figured flame maple instrument wood 11060 luthier guitar top set 24 5 x 17x 750 spalted maple burl wood 11700 luthier solid body guitar top set 22 5 x 16 x 250 90 00. 11 78 7 torrefied sitka spruce soundboard for ukulele.

Put a stunning top on your guitar bigleaf quilted maple s beautiful looks and unrivaled versatility offers countless options for your next guitar build. Quilted maple laminated top for electric guitar. From mild to wild pick the perfect. A major difference between laminate and solid wood guitars involves how the tonewood is sourced and processed.

Laminate wood in the hands of an experienced well established guitar maker will sound better than solid wood in a poorly manufactured guitar. Quilted flame fiddleback and curly maple guitar tops. Large inventory of guitar tonewood top sets. Check out our mandolin ukulele and archtop guitars selections.

Not all laminate wood is equal. Where lower end builds tend to require less refined and at times questionably sourced wood variations today s boutique flat top guitar builders rely exclusively on the most resonant cuts of solid wood. It is created by sandwiching a thin 0 030 layer of contrasting wood between the body core and laminate top. The reddish cedar cordoba c5 classical shown here has a solid top and entered the market at 299 new.

Once the body is shaped and sanded this thin layer forms a perfect line around the perimeter of the. Laminate wood is manufactured not milled like traditional wood. A solid top improves tone and volume so even if the rest of the guitar is laminate having a solid top is pretty cool and a sign of a nicer instrument that is usually at least one step up from the cheaper acoustics. Bigleaf quilted maple acer macrophyllum is prized for its stunning blister quilt the highest grades often have dynamic movement and a 3d like appearance.

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