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John Dark
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USA
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 Posted - 06/27/2004 : 20:04:20
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From:
http://www.soloperformer.com/tech/buy.html
"The way to determine what you've got is to examine the endgrain of the top, which you can see at the lip of the sound-hole. If the lip is painted with a solid color, you can assume the nasty old-style plywood is under there. If you can plainly see the layers, you know it's plywood. If the mostly-solid-but-bad-wood approach is used, you will have to determine that the spacing of the vertical grain lines doesn't match the spacing of the beautiful surface veneer. In the laminated top, where the veneer layers are oriented in the same lengthwise direction, and if well fabricated, you'll need very close inspection, and perhaps a practised eye, to discern the layers. But all things considered, once you've found that the top is laminated, make sure that you're happy with the tone as it is, or continue your search." |
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