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Jason Voth has donated another fine Flamed Maple Drop Top - Thanks Jay!


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The pics in the auction page look bad, so im going to post them here as well.
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Just out of curiosity, what kind of wood combos go well with a maple top? I've never built with a maple top before and have no idea. What are the charactoristics of its sound?

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John,

I think this is more for a solid body electric?

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Lance, DO you know the dimensions of this drop top, specifically the thickness?

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John - Ill get them tonight - there thick! Maybe 1/4" and yes it is for an Electric.

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Thanks Lance. I was hoping for thicker. I am building a small archtop instrument similar in size to a mandola but strung as a 12 string guitar with the nut at the 5th fret.

A Mandotar!

That incredible mando sound with instant guitar player fingerboard faminliarity. And maybe even a little more range.

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[QUOTE=John Elshaw] Just out of curiosity, what kind of wood combos go well with a maple top? I've never built with a maple top before and have no idea. What are the charactoristics of its sound?

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Mahogany is always a nice choice.

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[QUOTE=Brock Poling] [QUOTE=John Elshaw] Just out of curiosity, what kind of wood combos go well with a maple top? I've never built with a maple top before and have no idea. What are the charactoristics of its sound?

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Mahogany is always a nice choice.[/QUOTE]

Limba ain't half-bad either, I'm told. Gotta try that some day. Maybe my next guitar.
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[QUOTE=John How] Thanks Lance. I was hoping for thicker. I am building a small archtop instrument similar in size to a mandola but strung as a 12 string guitar with the nut at the 5th fret.

A Mandotar!

That incredible mando sound with instant guitar player fingerboard faminliarity. And maybe even a little more range.[/QUOTE]

Sounds interesting John, got any pictures?

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