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Tonight I cut up some maple strips and bent a few solid linings. I really liked the results but am curious what woods are typically used for solid linings? I made the linings about .200 x .625. What size are typical solid linings?

Thanks!

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Brad
Avon, OH

I typically use solid linings and I use Spanish Cedar about .180 X .65, not only do I like the results, it smells good!

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Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

I have been routinely using three-ply, solid maple, upper linings on my classical and steel string guitars. Each ply is 2 mm thick and the tallest of the three (which is glued to the side) is 24 mm wide. The side braces are fitted into notches in the tall ply. I find this system gives me excellent projection and sustain. [img][/img]

Gary, I like that!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Agreed. Gary that's a nice looking system. I'd "possibly" be a bit concerned with weight, but the concept and looks are on the money. Nice work.

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Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Gary, that looks like a great system to stiffen and add mass to the back and sides. Whenever I hear people talking about "featherlight" construction I seriously wonder if they understand the importance of mass in the equation.

Back to woods..

Birch, walnut, spruce, cedar, willow, oak, even luan, have found themselves used in my shop at one time or another...

Basically, and wood that bends well will do fine.

I use a four ply laminate that gets glued up in a form, so needs no bending. As to woods, like Mario, I've used a variety of different types but like willow, mahogany, cedrela. Though I do tend to use mahogany for the back and cedrela/willow for the top. Sometimes mixing them just for the hell of it.





Colin

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Colin, Those look great! It's like doing double sides with more layers. How do you deal with the taper though? This has always been my apprehension with gluing up an entire piece like this. On guitars where the taper is 3/4 or over I have always imagined it would resist that slope. Maybe not? I would think too that once you changed the angle it was being applied to the side on (at the taper), a perfectly fit lining piece starts not to make perfect contact. Do you find this?

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.