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| Author: | ChuckH [ Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Drop top thickness |
Just wondering if there is a standard thickness that a drop top should be for an electric guitar. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Quarter inch max, in my opinion. |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Chris Pile wrote: Quarter inch max, in my opinion. I'll agree, except on carved LP style, where 3/4" is better. |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue Oct 27, 2015 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Quote: I'll agree, except on carved LP style, where 3/4" is better. Les Pauls are not drop tops - they are carved tops. Drop tops are of a thinner wood (laminate) bent to a curve or radius on top of the main substrate. Thus "dropped". |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Chuck, I usually go 1/4 inch too. 1/4 inch works well with standard binding on the body. |
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| Author: | ChuckH [ Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Thanks for the replies guys. I have a friend looking for a piece of spalted maple for a drop top. Just wanted to make sure. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Chris Pile wrote: Quote: I'll agree, except on carved LP style, where 3/4" is better. Les Pauls are not drop tops - they are carved tops. Drop tops are of a thinner wood (laminate) bent to a curve or radius on top of the main substrate. Thus "dropped". I stand corrected. Thanks Chris. |
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| Author: | Matt Meyer [ Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Sorry to disagree, but 1/8 to 3/16 is much easier to bend. 1/8 can be bent without kerfs on the underside if the top. 1/4 would definitely need the kerfs. |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Quote: Sorry to disagree, but 1/8 to 3/16 is much easier to bend. 1/8 can be bent without kerfs on the underside if the top. 1/4 would definitely need the kerfs. No kidding. I said 1/4" MAX, not minimum. |
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| Author: | rlrhett [ Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
Despite a lifetime of guitar fetish and a decade or so of building, I had no idea electric guitars were being made with some kind of carved/domed body with a bent 3/16 top. Antony have a build log of it being done? Super curious. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Mike_P [ Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
the drop top term comes from the bevel put on the lower bout for one's forearm...if one wants to conform to a carve top profile one uses veneer... |
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| Author: | GourmetSaint [ Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Drop top thickness |
5mm Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk |
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