xebryusguitars Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Well i just bought a bunch of nice looking wood from Durawoods on ebay and its all about 1/2inch thick, it that thick enough to do a carved top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 it's thick enough to do a 3/8" carve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xebryusguitars Posted December 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 you think its enough to do a prs type carved top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moreau Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 im using 5/16" quilted on my fist guitar. its not 5a, its pretty basic. nice looking wood, ones a lil more figured, but i want to have the body wood showing when u look straight at it.i think it will look cool. especially if you use a dark wood veneer on the body before you apply your top, youll get a nice pinstripe around the guitar. got inspired by this: Alembic Custom - East Meets West But i think i might give it a 45 degree bevel on the edges. worth trying IMO. but i hear some woods like ebony on maple can dirty the maple. so be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 If you're gonna bookmatch it your gonna loose about 1/8" from the blade then another 1/8" (approximately) to plane out the saw marks. For a PRS style carve you'll need close to a 2" figured piece ($Cha Ching$) to get it as deep as they do (before bookmatching) and still have another 1/4" for the faux binding. So approximately 1/2" of material will not be carved once you add the sawing, planing and binding leaving around 1/2" deep carve (maybe add 1/8" since the carve is slightly deeper than the edge binding, good to have a little extra to work with though). You can get a little creative on how you approach your carve instead of doing exactly as PRS and still get a similar effect & skipping the faux binding will save you another 1/4". I was able to use a 15/16" figured piece for the carve because instead of bookmatching the top I had a piece that was long enough to do a flip join. Then I lined the figuring up as close as possible (the wood had a pretty consisent grain pattern which helped alot). The flames don't line up exactly but it's really close and I'm happy with it. Quilted maple I think would be tough to line up though. If xebryus' 1/2" piece is already bookmatched and ready to carve you'll have enough for the PRS style carve if you skip the faux binding. IMO, for a PRS style carve and binding you'll need about a 3/4" ready to carve top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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