Add a maple top

Desecrated · 07-17-2006, 09:48 AM

Can you add a maple top to a guitar that dont have it ?

Elysian · 07-17-2006, 09:51 AM

sure, but its not easy, and you'll pretty much need a vacuum bag or something that can provide completely even clamping pressure, especially if it has a comfort carve.

darren · 07-17-2006, 10:26 AM

You also have to completely strip and refinish the guitar in the process.

Desecrated · 07-17-2006, 10:32 AM

darren , that was my plan

elysian, Is this something a normal guitar repairguy would have ?

Elysian · 07-17-2006, 10:38 AM

no, itd be something a builder would have...

Desecrated · 07-17-2006, 10:41 AM

elysian

aha

what woudl you say that i would cost to add a bubinga quilted top to a bcrich warlock ?

jtm45 · 07-17-2006, 01:52 PM

It really depends on exactly what you want.
I'm not quite sure about 'quilted' Bubinga.

You can buy 1mm wood veneer quite cheaply and it would obviously be the cheaper option,but it could also end up looking like the cheaper option too.

Something around 4 0r 5mm would be better but then ther'd be a lot more work involved too.

By the time you've paid for a re-finish and for the work to be done and materials you will probably have spent more than it would cost to buy a brand-new custom made replica Warlcok body.

Elysian · 07-17-2006, 01:56 PM

you mean like big curl bubinga? like on the back of my acoustic? that stuff is expensive, my back and sides set was 100 bucks, and that was at the school's lower cost... bubinga is pretty dark, so you'd almost have to go with a natural finish, cause if you tried to add color, itd just look like colored poop

are you thinking of something like that?

Desecrated · 07-17-2006, 02:23 PM

http://www.fender.com/products/popup...node0=0#bottom

something like that, pretty much how i want the finish to,
and I know that it is expensive but 100-200 us dollars (for wooods) are cheaper then a new guitar

By the time you've paid for a re-finish and for the work to be done and materials you will probably have spent more than it would cost to buy a brand-new custom made replica Warlcok body

the cheapest custom made i have found is ran, they just quoted me for 2,053 us dollars for a 7 string with basewood and bubinga, So i hope that adding a top will be cheaper then that,

(ps I really hate the warlock body but it was the only 7-string they had in this ountry except ibanez)

darren · 07-17-2006, 02:50 PM

The thing with the Warlock is that it has bevels around the edges of the body. This leaves you with essentially two options:

apply bubinga veneer to the inner flat part of the top and leave the edges either the body's own wood or painted a solid colour; or
have the whole top beveled part of the body cut off and add a slab of bubinga to the top and re-cut the bevels.

I'm not sure if vacuum-bagging a veneer over all those bevels and curves would be successful.

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07-17-2006, 09:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Desecrated Junk and harlot man. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North of sweden Posts: 7,529 Real Name: Jonathan Main Seven: Schecter Omen Extreme Main ERG: Orfea 10-string Rig: Behringer Thanked: 412	Add a maple top Can you add a maple top to a guitar that dont have it ? Productive Desecration Since 2004

07-17-2006, 02:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
Desecrated Junk and harlot man. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North of sweden Posts: 7,529 Real Name: Jonathan Main Seven: Schecter Omen Extreme Main ERG: Orfea 10-string Rig: Behringer Thanked: 412	http://www.fender.com/products/popup...node0=0#bottom something like that, pretty much how i want the finish to, and I know that it is expensive but 100-200 us dollars (for wooods) are cheaper then a new guitar By the time you've paid for a re-finish and for the work to be done and materials you will probably have spent more than it would cost to buy a brand-new custom made replica Warlcok body the cheapest custom made i have found is ran, they just quoted me for 2,053 us dollars for a 7 string with basewood and bubinga, So i hope that adding a top will be cheaper then that, (ps I really hate the warlock body but it was the only 7-string they had in this ountry except ibanez) Last edited by Desecrated; 07-17-2006 at 02:27 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

07-17-2006, 02:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
darren Mr. Negative Pants™ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Greater Toronto Area, Canada Posts: 7,362 Main Seven: OMFG! EBMM JP7 Rig: GT6PowerBlockThiele Thanked: 32	The thing with the Warlock is that it has bevels around the edges of the body. This leaves you with essentially two options: apply bubinga veneer to the inner flat part of the top and leave the edges either the body's own wood or painted a solid colour; or have the whole top beveled part of the body cut off and add a slab of bubinga to the top and re-cut the bevels. I'm not sure if vacuum-bagging a veneer over all those bevels and curves would be successful.

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Elysian ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,795 Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Elysian Custom Guitars Thanked: 17 $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	sure, but its not easy, and you'll pretty much need a vacuum bag or something that can provide completely even clamping pressure, especially if it has a comfort carve.

07-17-2006, 10:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
darren Mr. Negative Pants™ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Greater Toronto Area, Canada Posts: 7,362 Main Seven: OMFG! EBMM JP7 Rig: GT6PowerBlockThiele Thanked: 32	You also have to completely strip and refinish the guitar in the process.

07-17-2006, 10:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
Desecrated Junk and harlot man. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North of sweden Posts: 7,529 Real Name: Jonathan Main Seven: Schecter Omen Extreme Main ERG: Orfea 10-string Rig: Behringer Thanked: 412	darren , that was my plan elysian, Is this something a normal guitar repairguy would have ?

07-17-2006, 10:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Elysian ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,795 Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Elysian Custom Guitars Thanked: 17 $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	no, itd be something a builder would have...

07-17-2006, 10:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
Desecrated Junk and harlot man. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North of sweden Posts: 7,529 Real Name: Jonathan Main Seven: Schecter Omen Extreme Main ERG: Orfea 10-string Rig: Behringer Thanked: 412	elysian aha what woudl you say that i would cost to add a bubinga quilted top to a bcrich warlock ?

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jtm45 ss.org Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hoshino,South Wales,U.K. Posts: 2,084 Real Name: Dave Main Seven: RG2027xvv Thanked: 19	It really depends on exactly what you want. I'm not quite sure about 'quilted' Bubinga. You can buy 1mm wood veneer quite cheaply and it would obviously be the cheaper option,but it could also end up looking like the cheaper option too. Something around 4 0r 5mm would be better but then ther'd be a lot more work involved too. By the time you've paid for a re-finish and for the work to be done and materials you will probably have spent more than it would cost to buy a brand-new custom made replica Warlcok body.

07-17-2006, 01:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
Elysian ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,795 Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Elysian Custom Guitars Thanked: 17 $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $Elysian is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	you mean like big curl bubinga? like on the back of my acoustic? that stuff is expensive, my back and sides set was 100 bucks, and that was at the school's lower cost... bubinga is pretty dark, so you'd almost have to go with a natural finish, cause if you tried to add color, itd just look like colored poop are you thinking of something like that?

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