SOLID TOP?

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 10:48 pm

how do i ttell if i have a solid top?
its real wood on the outside im sure

and i have another crappy guitar that is obviously not real wood

i look by the sound hole and i can see that the top is clearly all wood, but it looks like maybe theres 2 peices of wood glued together..hmm

help, im clueless

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:16 pm

a solid top is two peices of the same wood joined down the middle. Some cheaper guitars may use 3-4 pieces of the same board(or different, hopefully not...). The solid top definatley sounds better, but
a none solid top can still sound OK-good, if you have good construction-

Having solid back and sides is not quite as important, but is still nice to have-

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:18 pm

usually if your starting out, the people that sell it will tell you

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:18 pm

sorry i forgot, to tell if you have a solid top look at the grain of the wood and if it is flowing on each side, then you have a solid top-

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:24 pm

besiedws, if you have a good sales man, he will only sell you solid

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:32 pm

a good salesman is not all that common anymore.... although it depends where you shop.

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:43 pm

juineaux wrote:sorry i forgot, to tell if you have a solid top look at the grain of the wood and if it is flowing on each side, then you have a solid top-

hmmm... what do you mean, flowing?

its defenitly real wood, but what exactly do you mean?

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:47 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote:a good salesman is not all that common anymore.... although it depends where you shop.

I go to guitar center and I got a friend there that doesnt try to rip me off so I know a few

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:02 am

crash_in_to_me wrote:
juineaux wrote:sorry i forgot, to tell if you have a solid top look at the grain of the wood and if it is flowing on each side, then you have a solid top-
hmmm... what do you mean, flowing?

its defenitly real wood, but what exactly do you mean?

well its hard to explain, but does all the grain go in a similar direction(on each side). Like this guitar :

see how the wood sorta streaks up and down. If this wasnt a solid top a peice would definatley stick out as a different sorta pattern.

it is best to ask a salesperson, becuase its hard to tell on alot of tops. definatley ask-

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:46 am

yeah, thats it, it looks like a mirrior image on each side

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:14 am

I have a martin DX1, it definetly has a solid top, cause it says it does and i can tell it does, but it doesn't look like two peices of wood togehter.. it looks like one big ass peice of solid spruce..

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:58 pm

alright, now that i look REALLY closely, it is two identicle peices of spruce.. nice glue job is all i have to say:-p

bryanwie · Unread post by **bryanwie** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:37 pm

what is the guitar posted above?

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:50 pm

woah, i was way off, i didn't even look at it.. it is some type of guitar with a cutaway?:-p

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:51 pm

looks like an ibanez, but thaqts just a guess

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