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I'm making a semi hollow carved top, the top is figured maple and the body is lacewood. But at the moment the body is to thin and I need to add something else in between the maple and the lacewood. I've been pondering this for about a day and a half and have only been able to muster a decent brain fart.
It's like I'm stuck, any suggestions. I know it's purely opinion but what do you think would look good.

Dale how much do you need add to get you to the thickness you need?Bobc38673.5014814815

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About a 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch. Total body thickness now is an 1 & 1/4. It's a 12 string for my wife and she's a petit woman so I'm trying to keep it thin but I don't think I'm going to have enough inside room for the right angle switch. Oh yea so as you can get a mental picture, the fretboard,knobs and pickup rings are ebony & I was going to bind it in cream.

Thank's Dale

Dale, if you haven't glued the top to the body--at least it doesn't sound like you have--why not add some more Lacewood to the total body thickness?
Separate the layers if you like with some dark thin stock, walnut, rosewood, or some such, then thin the sandwich down to the needed thickness. You'd have a decorative line there that perhaps you could pick up in other places.

I'm shooting blind here, I realize, thinking that you're building an electric. Hope I'm at least close.
Or forego the dark line and just make a Lacewood body.

There's two options for the price of one post.

Steve

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Steve, That's what I had in mind a darker wood between the lacewood and maple but I'm having a difficult time picturing what would look good in my head. I'm making this to difficult, I think I’m just going to pack it up and take it to wood craft & try some different wood’s.

This is actually all my buddies fault, I purchased the plans and the hardware from LMI for 2 sidebenders and his part of the deal was to supply the wood and make them. That was a month ago, so I got restless and started this project.DaleH38673.595462963

I picked up some bloodwood,never worked with it before. It's nice looking stuff though.

figured maple can be had for a decent price on e bay(if not insanely figured).
why not add another piece of figured maple to the back of the guitar? like James Jaros does?
Udi.

Dale you have some good options here. Steve's options of adding a dark wood like walnut in between or just more lacewood and Udi's by adding more maple to the back. Both would look very good. Ebony would be a good choice too.

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[QUOTE=vachterm] figured maple can be had for a decent price on e bay(if not insanely figured).
why not add another piece of figured maple to the back of the guitar? like James Jaros does?
Udi.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the same thing. I think you will get the "most intentional" look taking this approach.

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Hmm...dunno. Maple on the back will be more 'planned out' looking, but I personally like a bit of difference between my top and back woods. Maybe I'm weird, but quilt top AND back is just Too Much for me.

I went with the bloodwood, was seriously looking at the walnut & couldn't get my hands on any ebony or rosewood. I could of waited but I'm kind of impatient, I have a unpredictable schedule so when I get some serious shop time I have a tendency to go for it.
I'd thought about adding a carved maple back but the lace wood I have really looks nice and I hated to cover it up. Oh well, if anything it'll be an experience and a good reason to cut wood.

I would suggest adding a back to the guitar. That's the way I do it anyway, and it allows me to make a center "core", where I can cut out the inside right on the bandsaw. I enter the inside right at the strap button, and then glue in a contrasting wood at that spot, it looks good when it's done. Cut out the inner chambers, and then use a top and a back. This allows you to easily make a back control cover before you glue the back on as well.

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Bloodwood would look great but pupleheart looks magic between two light woods, but got to like that look I spose.