This first part shares portions of making of two guitar bodies one dreadnaught coco bolo back and sides laminated maple neck sitka top rosewood board two my own design 5 piece brazilian.
Bending laminated guitar sides.
Laminate back and sides in an effort to offer customers other more affordable options many builders also make guitars featuring laminate back and sides.
Very simple approach to guitar side bending.
First ramirez did it and he j s cut his guitar teeth on a laminated side ramirez guitar.
We offer side material that is perfectly dimensioned for practicing bending on your bending machine or bending iron.
We do not specify the exact species and there may be size deficiency or defects that prevent us from selling these for instrument building but if you are a beginning luthier and need tonewood for practicing we make these.
Second it makes bending sides easier two thin pieces to bend rather than one thicker piece.
Use a permanent marker and choose a surface that can withstand repeated contact with the wet wood.
On a large flat surface trace the curves of both the bass and treble sides.
When bending check your progress by placing the sides top edge down onto this pattern.
Nigra to crack when bent.
Many times these guitars are stained in such a way that an otherwise plain cut of maple or cherry wood for example can be made to look just as.
I believe one of the reason s ramirez began using a laminate side was because of the tendency for d.
This is how i make my guitar sides.