I am having Alan at AC guitars build me a custom five string single cut. The bass is going to have a birdeye maple board and I can't decide between these two tops. Is it A or C, please help, thanks.
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Help me decide
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A, definitely. C looks unbalanced to me. With A, the lighter area around the bridge / rear pickup is balanced by the lighter area on the top bout.
What are the white lines on the second one? Did somebody draw on it with chalk, or is it supposed to look like that?
A for me as well .... the C mockup looks too skinny/squashed, I prefer a slightly fatter body (to match my fatter body 
). Both nice looking tops, though ...... 
). Both nice looking tops, though ...... 
C looks a bit squashed because the picture is at a different angle - I had to crop these pic in photoshop from the whole blank so excuse the proportions.
And yes they originally had chalk lines to mark the outline
Thanks for all your input
And yes they originally had chalk lines to mark the outline
Thanks for all your input
JOME77 said:I voted A......very nice top!
What happened to B?
did it fly away?he, he........
(I know, bad joke!)
Joe
B was C reversed and it was emilinated earlier
A looks nicer now but i think for some strange reason C would look better with birdseye?? i dunno why
Am I wrong to assume that the white lines on 'C' are the outline of where the pickguard would be?
If so, it would cover a large amount of that natural wood.
If so, it would cover a large amount of that natural wood.
The white lines are just another potential outline of a body. It looks like there was one reversed from that one and offset. The line above the neck PU is the lower horn, and the line going through the bridge, bridge PU and lower part of the body is the upper horn, or at least thats what it looks like to me.
It's a nice problem to have though !!
I've been down to see Alan at AC. Great guy and I'm sure you'll get a superb bass.
I've been down to see Alan at AC. Great guy and I'm sure you'll get a superb bass.
