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Old 11-21-2011, 07:00 AM
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I fellow came in and gave me on old Martin " kit " like this awhile back. I was very surprised to see that the top was knife cut like veneer rather than sawn as it would be today. The top exhibits what is called lath checking on the " loose " side of the wood. The loose side is the side of the wood facing the knife when it is cut off the larger piece. The causes a weakening of the wood across the grain. You could make a top from it an I would guess the bass response would be great. The down side is that it would be susceptible to cracking easy from humidity stress or physical damage. The rosewood back and sides are sawn and of a nice quality. I look forward to using them on a guitar some day.
I wonder if Martin used tops like this on there guitars?
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