mullmuzzler Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 I would like to throw a nice flame or quilt top on my RG project guitar like on some John Suhr or Tom Anderson models (not the thin paper-like veneer that I can press onto body with some bags of sand. Yes, I read your tutorial on universaljems.com last year:)). Is there any way to perform this task without using some fancy and expensive machinery? The top would be 4-5 mm thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 well just buy the wood, and plane it so it's nice and uniformely thick and smooth and glue it to the top of the body using some clamps and some 2x4's on they're sides so you get like a couple nice clamps going on and then clamp all the edges and for the forearm curve...well i guess you're going to have to figure out some way to iron and bend the wood or something if you don't get a peice thick enough.... ?? i duno, hope that helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Anderson's Drop tops are done in a vacuum press, coincedentally I'm doin one right now! I'll have pics up friday night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Scott: This wouldn't happen to be anyone's Anderson that I know would it??????????? Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Erm... What's a drop top? :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Erm... What's a drop top? :ph34r: A "Drop Top" is when you have an unusually thick top on a guitar, that actually follows the curves (such as the armrest) of the guitar. Normally, if you add a nice quilted top to a guitar, and then start to carve it, sooner or later you'll "run into" the body wood. And to bend a 1/4" thick piece of wood isn't easy... But it's do-able. Now, as we're on the subject of Andersons, can someone explain why they're so expensive??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Erm... What's a drop top? :ph34r: A "Drop Top" is when you have an unusually thick top on a guitar, that actually follows the curves (such as the armrest) of the guitar. Normally, if you add a nice quilted top to a guitar, and then start to carve it, sooner or later you'll "run into" the body wood. And to bend a 1/4" thick piece of wood isn't easy... But it's do-able. Now, as we're on the subject of Andersons, can someone explain why they're so expensive??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Nah Dave, I think yours is next on the list though. THis one's mine, Its a Drop Top JPM 7 String with a sick quilt top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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