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Old 05-01-2012, 11:06 AM
arie arie is offline
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i'm into active backs meant to be played open. as such i'm in the .090 to .095 thick range depending on the species of wood along with radial or x bracing. right now i'm working on a small travel guitar and a 000-12 and i find this to work for me. opinions will vary of course -as they always do.

to thickness the back i use a plane, then an orbital, then a scraper. i check with a dial indicator mounted to the work table.

as stated in the responses to your other posts there really is no one silver bullet to guitar building just acceptable guidelines.

do you have any building books or plans?
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