Bending Laminated Guitar Sides

Laminate back and sides in an effort to offer customers other more affordable options many builders also make guitars featuring laminate back and sides.

Bending laminated guitar sides.

This is how i make my guitar sides. This first part shares portions of making of two guitar bodies one dreadnaught coco bolo back and sides laminated maple neck sitka top rosewood board two my own design 5 piece brazilian. On a large flat surface trace the curves of both the bass and treble sides. We offer side material that is perfectly dimensioned for practicing bending on your bending machine or bending iron.

Second it makes bending sides easier two thin pieces to bend rather than one thicker piece. First ramirez did it and he j s cut his guitar teeth on a laminated side ramirez guitar. I believe one of the reason s ramirez began using a laminate side was because of the tendency for d. When bending check your progress by placing the sides top edge down onto this pattern.

Very simple approach to guitar side bending. Many times these guitars are stained in such a way that an otherwise plain cut of maple or cherry wood for example can be made to look just as. Nigra to crack when bent. Use a permanent marker and choose a surface that can withstand repeated contact with the wet wood.

Laminate guitars on the other hand can be made to accentuate certain color variations and grain patterns in the wood that are not only pleasing to the eye but are far more cost effective as well.