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#17
08-26-2019, 02:37 PM
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One of my early guitars has a ten-piece top.
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#18
08-26-2019, 02:50 PM
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Just to expand on the runout (reflectance) issue. Shifting a piece from outside the upper bout without turning or flipping it side to side is the best way, since you are not reversing runout as you do in a normal book match. You can flip a piece end-for-end (left edge remains on the left) without changing runout, but this is seldom necessary on a straight-grained top.
Martin has produced a few guitars with three- or four-piece tops on occasion. The three-piece ones were apparently two-piece tops where a narrow band was cut out on one side to remove a defect like a pitch pocket. The amount removed is so narrow that the change in runout is minimal.
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