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Unread 02-07-2010, 12:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Carved Top?
I'm making a carved top les paul in school but I don't know to to make a carved top (I know it's stupid). Anyone know how or go any links?
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Unread 02-07-2010, 01:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Carved Top?
Take some time and use the search engine. Look in the many build threads.
Like many of us here, we did a lot of research and lurked for quite a while before starting.
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Re: Carved Top?
here are a couple of links. Mine is the second link. I used the first link as my tutorial on my first carve.
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Re: Carved Top?
There is also this option...

Eastern Maple Carved Tops

Saves a lot of time and kidney stones.
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Re: Carved Top?
how about video's done by member Ex-Nihilo(Scott)...

these are excellent...

http://www.youtube.com/user/A1373S9865
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Re: Carved Top?
I was wandering what order do these steps come in?
Glueing the top.
Cutting out the pickup holes,
and carving the top.
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Re: Carved Top?
sorry,for my silly question,but in which lesson in school you make guitar tops...?
in Greece i find it far from imagination...
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Re: Carved Top?
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I was wandering what order do these steps come in?
Glueing the top.
Cutting out the pickup holes,
and carving the top.
Most folks do the following:
1 Glue the top.
2 Carve the top.
3 Cut out the pickup holes.
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sorry,for my silly question,but in which lesson in school you make guitar tops...?
in Greece i find it far from imagination...
I'm building a guitar in resistant materials (woodwork/metalwork/plastic/electronics) as a project for an exam but then we get to bring them home =]
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Most folks do the following:
1 Glue the top.
2 Carve the top.
3 Cut out the pickup holes.
BTW this is the guitar I designed that I'm planning on doing
Would it be possible to do a carved top on this?
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I was wandering what order do these steps come in?
Glueing the top.
Cutting out the pickup holes,
and carving the top.
Seriously, look through some of the build threads. Especially Ex-Nihilo's. It is all there. You will be much more educated by seeing the process, than being told. You will also stumble across information that you can bookmark for reference later. You will find answers to questions you don't even know you need to ask yet.
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BTW this is the guitar I designed that I'm planning on doing
Would it be possible to do a carved top on this?
That might be a challenge if you've never done one........ Anything is possible. It looks like it would be a pita to bind.........

If you have to do a carve top, I think I would do the traditional Les Paul design my first time out.
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That might be a challenge if you've never done one........ Anything is possible. It looks like it would be a pita to bind.........

If you have to do a carve top, I think I would do the traditional Les Paul design my first time out.
Ye I probably will.
Thanks for the help =]
P.S. I really enjoy reading/looking at ex-nihlo's posts
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