Opinions Requested On This Bass Top

mchildree · #1 09-22-2005, 08:04 PM

What do you think? Carved or Plywood?

KSB - Ken Smith · #2 09-22-2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mchildree

What do you think? Carved or Plywood?

Carved. You can see the Grain at a slight angle running thru from the Top. Not a great pic but the outside edge would be easier as the inside of teh FFs are colored.

Brent Norton · #3 09-22-2005, 10:36 PM

Holy macro, Batman!

Looks carved to me... grain as Ken mentions all the way through. The scale of the pic might be screwing with me, but if that was a ply top at that thickness, that'd be one Mother of a top...

nicklloyd · #4 09-22-2005, 11:06 PM

Carved.

mchildree · #5 09-23-2005, 05:15 AM

That's what I thought myself...carved. I got that pic from a fellow who's selling a 1939 Kay Orchestra model. I'd asked him how many plys the top had, since some of the older, thinner tops with 3 plys are more desirable to some vintage Kay buffs. He sent me that photo...looks like the top has been replaced, huh? Definitely refinished...no painted purfling.

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