Welcome to one of the most active flamenco sites on the Internet. Guests can read most posts but if you want to participate click here to register.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, Ron Mitchell, Guy Williams, Linda Elvira, Philip John Lee, Craig Eros, Ben Woods, David Serva and Tom Blackshear who went ahead of us.
We receive 12,200 visitors a month from 200 countries and 1.7 million page impressions a year. To advertise on this site please contact us.
|
|
Hello can someone explain me what is laminated wood ?
|
You are logged in as Guest
|
Users viewing this topic: none
|
|
Login | |
|
rodpacheco
Posts: 80
Joined: Apr. 19 2010
From: Mexico
|
RE: Hello can someone explain me wha... (in reply to p00nani)
|
|
|
Hello! Laminated wood would be a "sandwich" of woods. Let's say the back of a flamenco guitar could be either a solid piece, a "mirror" like cut of a piece of wood. It could also be a laminated piece, from let's say 3 or 4 different pieces of Sycamore. Aesthetics, would be one difference. Some say the quality of tone, the way vibrations travel through the wood, etc. etc. The COST of the wood is one mayor difference, as it is easier to gather enough cut outs to make a lamination, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. I believe that for example, José Romanillos, one the most well known and respected luthiers would rather use a Laminated spruce top of the best quality, as opposed to a solid top of good spruce.
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Apr. 26 2010 9:20:56
|
|
Peter Tsiorba
Posts: 130
Joined: Oct. 27 2009
From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest
|
RE: Hello can someone explain me wha... (in reply to p00nani)
|
|
|
Just for the record, plywood = laminated wood. When most people hear the word plywood, they think "cheap". Plywood is actually quite ancient. Archeologists found laminated wood in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs, and I don't believe it was used because pharaohs were trying to trick-out their tombs "on-the-budget". Some makers go through extra effort to make their very, very expensive plywood. I am sure they are not doing it to save time or money. It is done for other design and sound considerations. By the way, nomex-top guitars are, in a way, laminations of wood with a paper honey-comb spacer in between. So, one can argue it is a high-tech plywood of sorts. Not my style, but I can see why some makers go after lamination technique.
_____________________________
Peter Tsiorba Classical-Flamenco-Guitars tsiorba.com
|
|
|
REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |
Date Apr. 26 2010 14:38:22
|
|
New Messages |
No New Messages |
Hot Topic w/ New Messages |
Hot Topic w/o New Messages |
Locked w/ New Messages |
Locked w/o New Messages |
|
Post New Thread
Reply to Message
Post New Poll
Submit Vote
Delete My Own Post
Delete My Own Thread
Rate Posts
|
|
|
Forum Software powered by ASP Playground Advanced Edition 2.0.5
Copyright © 2000 - 2003 ASPPlayground.NET |
0.078125 secs.
|