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Permalink Reply by Tom T on October 11, 2019 at 11:52am

Guess great minds think alike. I've picked up a stack of those for a lot of uses. Good price and good material. Colors are almost limitless.

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on October 11, 2019 at 2:08pm

Good idea?

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on October 13, 2019 at 5:41am

Formica, amazing what they can do with paper?

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on October 12, 2019 at 9:47pm

Hi, I've used wood for both pickguards and cavity covers at times.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on October 12, 2019 at 10:31pm

At the risk of sounding dumber than a rock, I got pick guard, what the hell is a "cavity cover"? Nice job BTW!

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on October 12, 2019 at 11:49pm

My top picture shows a cavity in a solidbody electric guitar that houses the electrics, with a wood cover.

BrianQ's pic shows a cavity cover that does the same job on the front of the guitar.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on October 13, 2019 at 12:10am

Good grief Charlie Brown! The cut out in a "solid" body for electronics, duh! I never even gave that concept a thought(solid body). Talk about feeling stupid! Kept thinking to myself the whole guitar body is a giant cavity is there something I'm missing? When I read "solid body" in your comment I realized it was brain function! :-) what an idiot! 

Thanks Taff. LOL

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on October 13, 2019 at 10:57am

Ha ha Will, just to confuse you more, that solid body guitar ain't what it seems, it has chambers routed out throughout the body, so really it's about 40% hollow 60% solid.

We live and learn.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on October 13, 2019 at 11:28am

Just can't leave it alone can you?:-)

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Permalink Reply by James Pobog on October 13, 2019 at 3:37pm

On solid bodies. do the cavities have any effect on tone at all?

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on October 13, 2019 at 7:31pm

Hi James, I used the chambers on most of my guitars to make them lighter. Some of the fancy grain timbers used for the top of the solid body guitar are pretty dense, so make the guitar too heavy for some players....like me.

When clambering a body you  are also changing the density of the timber, so its effect and reaction to string vibration could effect tone and sustain. 

Taff

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on October 13, 2019 at 2:53am

While you're at it pick up some of the Corian samples for nuts. Smells a lot less revolting than bone when being shaped

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