Making Laminated Guitar Sides

You will never find a guitar with a solid back and sides and laminate top.

Making laminated guitar sides.

I used titebond ii so that it will resist heat moisture while bending. First ramirez did it and he j s cut his guitar teeth on a laminated side ramirez guitar. Using solid wood for the top is still preferred by most builders because the top plays a major role in translating the initial energy of vibrating guitar strings into rich acoustic sound. Laminating guitar sides and linings has many advantages over traditional bending methods.

Watch me take a regular piece of wood and thin it down to 2mm thick really easi. Martin guitars for instance have widely embraced hpl materials and offer a number of models where some or even all of the back sides or top are made from hpl. More guitar builders are making instruments using materials other than wood. This is a new method for making really thin wood boards for a guitar s sides.

Second it makes bending sides easier two thin pieces to bend rather than one thicker piece. Strips of thin veneer are prepared as 100mm strips about a metre long this one is for a parlour 3 4 size guitar. Laminating is also a way to bend otherwise unbendable wood. Laminate back and sides.

I wanted to make laminated bindings in bulk so i decided to glue a full side that was too thin for a guitar to a resawn billet of curly maple. This is how i make my guitar sides. I then ripped it into thin strips and thickness sanded them. That would be like putting walmart brand tires on a porsche.

I believe one of the reason s ramirez began using a laminate side was because of the tendency for d.