guitar made of plywood?
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squidospyder
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Re: Hmm
Try see if this is informative. http://www.warmoth.com/bass/options/options_bodywoods.cfm
neuro182 said:
Try see if this is informative. http://www.warmoth.com/bass/options/options_bodywoods.cfm
bin4christ
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tany said:
how much u selling?
edder
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Its is "generally" thought of as a no no for guitars to use ahem... plywood. Like everything else in the world... plywood also got grades one. Cheap one and expensive one. But thats another thing.
Why ply wood exists? For various reasons but most importantly to me is for strength.
Take a piece of "pure" famous guitar wood like maple, mahogany, basswood etc etc... thin the slab to 5mm and do a karate chop. It'll snap into 2 without even grazing your knuckles.
Take a piece of multilaminate 5mm plywood and then get some blue oitment ready before you chop chop. Its much stronger due to the cross lamination of wood grain.
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Plywood is not a bad thing. For guitar its really subjective, but normally cheap guitars uses plywood.
The other alternative to look at is MDF, medium density fiber. Its friggen heavy though. Someone made a Tele type guitar with the MDF and formica, its documented somewhere on the net.
To split hairs... ain't a Les Paul a laminate too? sandwiching maple and mahogany? how about tru neck guitars? and how about those big dollar bass guitars with multilaminate necks and bodies?
Laminated wood is NOT a bad thing. It is when the builders uses it for the wrong reasons.
Why ply wood exists? For various reasons but most importantly to me is for strength.
Take a piece of "pure" famous guitar wood like maple, mahogany, basswood etc etc... thin the slab to 5mm and do a karate chop. It'll snap into 2 without even grazing your knuckles.
Take a piece of multilaminate 5mm plywood and then get some blue oitment ready before you chop chop. Its much stronger due to the cross lamination of wood grain.
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Plywood is not a bad thing. For guitar its really subjective, but normally cheap guitars uses plywood.
The other alternative to look at is MDF, medium density fiber. Its friggen heavy though. Someone made a Tele type guitar with the MDF and formica, its documented somewhere on the net.
To split hairs... ain't a Les Paul a laminate too? sandwiching maple and mahogany? how about tru neck guitars? and how about those big dollar bass guitars with multilaminate necks and bodies?
Laminated wood is NOT a bad thing. It is when the builders uses it for the wrong reasons.
wangdexian
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Laminated wood, I guess you can think of it like metal alloys... made for different uses, hence the different grades.
bin4christ
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edder said:
behringer strats r made of plywood...how about those?
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