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It's tough to get FAS grade woods of any length in bulk. It's very expensive. By going with laminates they can get common grade 1 or 2 stock and not worry about minor cosmetic imperfections.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance kingpatzer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-192085 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-192084 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:14:29 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-192084 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-192083 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:48:01 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance xg5a https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-192083 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-191965 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:19:00 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/paged/2/#post-191965 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191937 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:33:27 +0000 http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MONTANA-EMI-45C-ACOUSTIC-CUTAWAY-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ270014049035QQihZ017QQcategoryZ2385QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

My new Washburn is a solid top, but has a sort of gloss finish. It sounds great now, I can't imagine how nice it'll sound years from now.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Off He Goes https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191937 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191927 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:11:13 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191927 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191917 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:51:27 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191917 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191906 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:08:37 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Misanthrope https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191906 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191891 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:05:13 +0000
Online it's going to be hard to tell. In person, you can take a small mirror and look inside the guitar with a small light. Try and match up a noticable figure in the grain with the top of the guitar, and underneath. It's possible to do the same by looking at the edge of the sound hole. I've observed that solid tops are usually pretty obvious, as the grain runs continuously from top to bottom right around the edge, and the edge is usually clean, smooth and well rounded in cross section. If it is difficult to tell -- especially if the soundhole edge is rough or sharply shaped, it's probably a laminate.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191891 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191885 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:29:24 +0000 Most of you think it's difficult to tell laminates from solids, which makes me feel normal since I couldn't really tell on my own guitars.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance PRNDL https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-you-tell-laminates-from-solid-wood/#post-191885