Thickness Advice

[needsmorecowbel]

What would be a good thickness for a Tassie Blackwood Back on a Martin acoustic? I just measured the top thickness of a Suzuki factory model (ply with lacquer and it was 2.99mm- 3.00mm) Should i stick with this thickness for the lutz spruce top? around 2.90mm-2.95mm? It will have the standard X Bracing as in the Cumpiano book (of doom)


Stuart

[Bob Connor]

What size Martin?

[Lillian]

Stuart, in the tutorial section there is a sticky for Robbie O'Brien's videos. Have a look at the top thicknessing one. It is a good beginning point for understanding the top and how it works.

[needsmorecowbel]

Cheers for steering me in the right direction Lillian, 15 inch lower bout (standard OM) there is a default template of it in G thang under OM

Stu

[Bob Connor]

If it's Shane Neifers Lutz I would take a fraction thinner on an OM. Depending on the piece of wood maybe 2.75mm.

As far as the back is concerned it depends on whether you want a guitar with lots of projection or whether you want to envelope the player in sound. If you want it to project you'll want a thicker back. 2.3mm is about where I take mine to.

Regards

[needsmorecowbel]

Thanks bob