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| Author: | Andy Zimmerman [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:44 am ] |
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I brought a couple of my guitars in to a shop today and they were well received, but several of the guitar shop salespersons noted that my guitars were heavy!!! Granted I used cocobolo on one of them, but they asked what I thicknessed my backs and sides to. I typically go to about 0.085 to 0.09" What do all of you do? Do you change thickness based on the type of wood??? |
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| Author: | peterm [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:52 am ] |
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Andy, .085 to .095 sounds about right to me! I try to stay around .090 and I'm sure it will end up a bit thinner after you're done sanding and scraping!! |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:55 am ] |
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I tend to go thinner with cocobolo, more like .080" or so. It lightens it up a bit and helps the wood sound even better. Sides are a bit thin too. |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:57 am ] |
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Andy, you are spot on. Especially for early guitars. When you've gotten the confidence that you can do successful bends every time you'll be able to go a tad thinner. I bend most woods right at .085 and then will go a bit thinner when truing up the sides. My backs are usually about .095. |
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| Author: | A Peebels [ Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:59 am ] |
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Mabe they are used to mahogany . Some of the other woods can be much heavier. Cocobolo is quite dense . I recently played an old L-00 it was like a feather compared to mine. Al |
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