Posted by Rand Moore on September 2, 2013 at 9:32pm
Here's a photo of my half finished thin-walled sound box. If you look closely, you will notice that I have strengthened both short sides by gluing in a second piece of plywood veneer. I felt that the strengthening would be needed because those two sides will be supporting the neck of the guitar. You can also see the cut in the side I made to receive the neck. Also, on the tail side I glued on a 0.5cm thick piece of wood to further support the tail end of the neck. I decided to paint the box black because the plywood board edges presented themselves in white which contrasts to much with the wood veneer. Had I used solid wood, I wouldn't have had this cosmetic problem (and I'd just stain and poly the box to get the natural color of the wood).
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