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05-21-2002, 10:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Taipei,Taiwan | | | What's difference between carved ,plywood and laminated
HI,
I think this maybe a basic question,but I really don't know.What's difference between carved ,plywood and laminated ?
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05-22-2002, 07:51 AM
| | Inadvertent Microtonalist | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, ME | | | "Laminated" is another word for "Plywood."
"Carved" means solid wood, not plywood.
In the world of mass-produced guitars, "arched" can mean "solid wood steamed and bent." In contrast, "carved" always means "solid wood removed by sharp tools."
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05-23-2002, 02:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | Re: What's difference between carved ,plywood and laminated
Quote: Originally posted by wen1012
HI,
I think this maybe a basic question,but I really don't know.What's difference between carved ,plywood and laminated ? | Several thousand dollars!!! |
05-25-2002, 02:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Anyplace cold or air conditioned | | | There's also a kind of bass made with carved front and back, but lamnated ribs. I think they're called hybrid, or something like that.
Athough this approach would probably not be used in making a really fine bass, the sound of a hybrid bass can be as good as a lot of fully carved basses. Of course, to be sure, as others have said here in other threads, laminated basses can also cound pretty good sometimes. |
05-25-2002, 10:17 PM
| | | | Plywood is a misnomer, it is actually a composite of glue and wood laminated in sheets and patented as such. "Plywood" basses are actually laminated wood(of course these days who knows what what they are)! I recently converted a Chinese bass made of laminated poplar. It is well made nonetheless. Carved top/laminate "hybrids are called half woods. I hope this helps a little. p.s.- cheap laminates can be more stable and reliable than cheap carved basses |
11-30-2008, 07:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Sherry  "Laminated" is another word for "Plywood."
"Carved" means solid wood, not plywood.
In the world of mass-produced guitars, "arched" can mean "solid wood steamed and bent." In contrast, "carved" always means "solid wood removed by sharp tools." | Yep Sam, and sometimes not so sharp huh?....we've all seen old basses that look like they were carved with butter knives. I love those too.
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11-30-2008, 07:35 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Omaha Nebraska | | | [quote=Chasarms;535193]Several thousand dollars!! | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncletoad A badly made carved top bass doesn't by it's nature sound better than a well made plywood bass. I've experienced that over and over again. The truth is that a master built carved bass can reach a sound that is impossible for a laminate. That doesn't mean that ANY carved top will outperform a laminate. The quality of the work makes a huge difference. | +1!!!!! To quote what I've said here a number of times: Do not, however, be fooled. There are entry level carved basses that, from many standpoints, are far less desirable than a quality ply! Think of ply, hybrid, and carved as three overlapping distributions (bell-curves, if you will), with the mean value of "quality" being lowest for the plys, intermediate for the hybrids, and highest for the carved ones. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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