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Old 06-23-2017, 10:17 AM
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What? That's not a knot, it's a tone enhancing nodule.

Grading works well once you get to know a supplier I think. I've been buying from LMI for many years so I know what to expect when I see an AAA top from them. Sometimes I take a chance and buy from other suppliers and then I have to deal with their own set of rules for grading tops. And typically no matter who it comes from it's purely cosmetic. If it's perfectly quartered and the lines are perfectly straight and the color is even throughout then it's going to get a high grade regardless of it's physical properties.
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Old 06-23-2017, 11:40 AM
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Vender got back to me and immediately shipped a replacement top. Didn't mention anything about sending this one back, though I don't know why they would want it back. I guess I can use it to practice thicknessing
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Old 06-23-2017, 12:18 PM
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I guess I can use it to practice thicknessing
Or can be used on a smaller sized guitar, or a variety of developmental purposes, such as bracing gluing, brace carving, tuning/taping...
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Old 06-23-2017, 05:10 PM
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Vender got back to me and immediately shipped a replacement top. Didn't mention anything about sending this one back, though I don't know why they would want it back. I guess I can use it to practice thicknessing
Great for back reinforcing strips!
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I say it would be a good candidate for a parlor sized second build. You know you can't just build one, right?
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Old 06-23-2017, 06:01 PM
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I say it would be a good candidate for a parlor sized second build. You know you can't just build one, right?
Rosewood b&s? What'll make a good parlor? Give me some inspiration.
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Old 06-23-2017, 06:10 PM
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Vender got back to me and immediately shipped a replacement top. Didn't mention anything about sending this one back, though I don't know why they would want it back. I guess I can use it to practice thicknessing
It's interesting. I got a badly cupped top from my favorite supplier, and gave them photos. They immediately stepped up to replacing it, but wanted the old top back and wanted it packaged properly.

I never knew why, but it was certainly fair, and I was happy to send it back,
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Old 06-23-2017, 06:41 PM
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Rosewood b&s? What'll make a good parlor? Give me some inspiration.
I'm doing a walnut parlor right now. QS white oak also works well. Both relatively inexpensive, great sounding, domestic woods that bend beautifully.
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Old 06-24-2017, 07:05 AM
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Tops and backs generally are cut at least 1/4" bigger than the final body profile.
If that is the case, then the bad part may have been cut off after the guitar was assembled.
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Old 06-24-2017, 03:03 PM
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Tops and backs generally are cut at least 1/4" bigger than the final body profile.
If that is the case, then the bad part may have been cut off after the guitar was assembled.
That's what I'd have thought -
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Old 06-26-2017, 05:25 PM
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That's better





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Old 06-26-2017, 09:27 PM
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I'm pleased you've had a positive result. The new top looks to be Bees Knees!
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Old 06-27-2017, 09:20 PM
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King Cavalier: Look at the picture. You can readily see waves that disqualify it from being a high grade top, plain and simple. I just isn't. Of course a lower grade top can, in the right hands, yield a wonderful instrument, but you're paying for visuals as well as function, and a picture certainly allows you to judge some visual aspects of a top. The top pictured is low grade.
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