rottenapple786 Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Has anyone ever made a guitar body out of plywood? If the thick layers are made of alder how badly will this addect the sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Isn't that what Squire and Encore make their copy strats out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalo1022 Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 laot of chepo guitars are amde of plywood....my samick pdass was amde out plywood and i love it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dugz Ink Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 My Chinese Ephiphone (electric) basically has a plywood body. I just needed something that I could use for working out chords and rifts while I'm writing songs... but the sound is NOT impressive. Of course, the pickups are cheap, too, so that doesn'thelp... but that body really lacks in the sustain department. D~s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenapple786 Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Thanks for the replies. Ya i had heard epiphone did it but i wasn't sure. The reason I was asking was I picked up a few strat bodies from a local luthier for really cheap, but was wondering whether it was worth it to put time effort and money into them, or to just use them to practice painting which I believe I will now do lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 There is plywood and there is plywood. Whenever you laminate a top or put a carved top on a routed body you are making "plywood" but you are making very good plywood. Even the "void-free" cabinet-grade stuff isn't near good enough to make a musical instrument. Years ago, you could buy cross-grained mahogany plywood that was good enough to make a shopclass mandolin or balalaika but it probly was a waste of time for anything truely "musical". The material used by modern Chinese producers is as much binder as wood, as far as integrity goes, and I really don't have any issues with it. The 5-ply and 7-ply stuff they make just for their own use seems to be very stable and attractive. Saves them money and shows up as lower prices for us. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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