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Old 05-05-2017, 10:24 AM
Doyledc Doyledc is offline
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Default Blackwood sides question

Hello! Does anyone have a recommendation for how thick the sides on an African Blackwood OM style guitar should be? They pieces feel pretty dense, not sure whether it changes anyone's approach/take on thickness. It was thinking 2mm.

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Old 05-05-2017, 04:28 PM
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I would go 0.070" (0.17mm). AB is very stiff.
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Old 05-05-2017, 05:30 PM
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Cool, thanks! and I realize it's a typo but I did a triple take when I saw .17 mm. That would be like 6 thousands of an inch.

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I would go 0.070" (0.17mm). AB is very stiff.
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Old 05-06-2017, 07:05 AM
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Right....1.7mm.
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