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Archtop side thickness

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:35 am
by Enrico Schiaffella
Hello Everybody,
I just started the project of building an archtop according to Benedetto. In his book he says to bend maple sides 3/32 thick. That is 2.4 mm. It is very thick in my experience. I usually bend 2 mm sides for my classical guitars. 1.9 mm bend even easier. I just would like to get an opinion from you. The cutaway area sounds especially difficult to bend at that thickness.
Thanks

Re: Archtop side thickness

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:41 am
by Alan Carruth
I've used 2 mm on mine, and thinner in the cutaway areas.

Re: Archtop side thickness

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:00 pm
by Enrico Schiaffella
Yes, that's what I was thinking to do. Thank you :-)