Thin Guitar Sides The Ultimate Key to Flawless Bends

My sides and binding are always around 0.080". For the cutaway of my next gypsy guitar I go on the cutaway to .060". Yeahh. FWIW. Herman. The only caveats I found were that it loosened too quickly, so you have to be careful not to over bend and tear the wood, and it can be hard to check your ... Backs between 0.085"-0.120", sides 0.70-0.085". Depends on the type of wood and size of the instrument. Some luthiers do go thinner but they are ... I thin sides to 2.2 mm. For tight cutaways, I'll thin the tightest parts of the bend to less, depending upon how tight the bend is. I've gone as ... I have tried both hand and machine bending. I spritz the sides thoroughly beforehand. I thin sides to 2.2 mm thickness. Has anyone, with Black ... I think you should be able to go quite a bit thinner than that. On my big Guitars I go as thin as 1.6 mm. Knock at least 0.5 mm off. You ... .080" is about right for a finished guitar. I'd try and get them to .075" to .080". It would be easier ... I think thicknessing down to 2 mm as a nominal target thickness has been established primarilly to enable the ribs to be adequately bent, thick ... Bent side, full or semi-hollow, thin-line love thread; NO SLABS. Thread Tools. 03-18-2024, ... Most of my gigging guitars have .010s as they give the right sound and sustain for the music my current band plays, and a couple of songs have 4 ...