Caps And Carving

[Mickguard]

Sorry, got lots of question --and searching the forum didn't help.

For the next guitar I'm planning to carve in some strat-style arm and hip curves. But since the wood (ash) I have isn't very thick, I'm also tempted to cap the guitar in some 0.5 cm maple.

My question: how do you go about carving in this situation? Seems to me that the carve will go deeper than the cap. Is this an issue? common?

I plan on painting the guitar a solid color anyway. But I'm wondering how others do this?

Edited February 15, 2005 by idch

[westhemann]

drop top

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=3564

i thought you were one of the members that read through the pinned topics

[Mickguard]

drop top

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=3564

i thought you were one of the members that read through the pinned topics

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Only so much time in the day...and I didn't even THINK about heat-fitting the cap! Thanks for the heads up.

[ThePlague]

if you're going to paint it a solid color, you could always just carve through the top.

[Devon Headen]

Yeah, I wouldn't do the extra work a drop top involves if you're going to paint it a solid color anyway.