js1000 refinish

[bond]

does anyone know if they are a 1piece body?

 

i'm interested in doing a natural/tung-oil finish on one, and would kill myself if i sand it back, and its a two or three piece body.

[jrkirkish]

I'd say it's impossibel to know for certin without stripping it.

It's not the end of the world if it is made of more than one piece.

[Mighty Coogna!]

If it's a solid color I would be very doubtful that it was one piece. Two or three is more likely.

[larryguitar]

I'd guess that it's a multi-piece.

My SZ320 (solid black, originally) had a three or four piece back and a SIX piece maple top-most companies use whatever they can on the solid colors. Let's see if I have a pic-





Larry

[bond]

mmm it really does need to be one piece for a beautiful natural finish:

[RaVenCAD]

Agreed, plywood bodies don't look great without paint. Only neckthrus with multi-piece necks and solid body wings look respectable in the raw.

[lowbrow]

Originally posted by RaVenCAD Agreed, plywood bodies......

 

 

 

 

Plywood

 

 

I don't believe they're talking about plywood.

[Toshiro]

Originally posted by bond mmm it really does need to be one piece for a beautiful natural finish:

The JS6 and JS6000 were also mohagany, not basswood like a JS1000. You can strip the finish off, but you'd have to stain the wood to get it that color, and the grain will not be the same at all, even if it is a one piece body.

[bond]

mmm
i know, so i might just have to get the body copied by a professional woodworker onto a mohaganny slab, then i guess i'll have a spare body lying around to hit people with:love:

[Toshiro]

Yeah, basswood is notoriously ugly grain-wise, and since you don't know what it looks like underneath the finish.....

A new body would probably be the best way to go.

[RaVenCAD]

Originally posted by lowbrow Plywood I don't believe they're talking about plywood.

 

 

 

Plywood refers to multiple pieces of wood laminated together to form a larger individual piece for product manufacturing. Plywood doesn't always mean dust and 1/16" slices. Technically speaking, any body consisting of more than one piece is plywood, even a Les Paul (mahogany body with a maple laminate, thus, PLYwood..) It can be vertical, as in the Les Paul's case, or horizontal, as in the guitar shown above. It simply means a piece of wood constructed of smaller pieces.

[Zappa74]

Originally posted by larryguitar I'd guess that it's a multi-piece. My SZ320 (solid black, originally) had a three or four piece back and a SIX piece maple top-most companies use whatever they can on the solid colors. Let's see if I have a pic- Larry

Hi Larry

That looks way cool.

How tough was it taking the finish off?

[larryguitar]

Well, you have to consider that I do auto paint for a living, so my tools are pretty suited to something like this--and it took me a good three hours! That poly is like steel, and I didn't want to use stripper and risk the binding.

It's also CONSIDERABLY lighter now-seriously.


Larry

[bond]

mmm the last guitar i stripped (a strat copy) took me about 4hours, sanding took so long, next time i'll try stripper though.

[Zappa74]

Originally posted by larryguitar Well, you have to consider that I do auto paint for a living, so my tools are pretty suited to something like this--and it took me a good three hours! That poly is like steel, and I didn't want to use stripper and risk the binding. It's also CONSIDERABLY lighter now-seriously. Larry

 

 

Ah, cool.

 

Turned out nice. Sorta resembles the cutting board in my kitchen. I dig it!

[larryguitar]

Originally posted by Zappa74 Ah, cool. Turned out nice. Sorta resembles the cutting board in my kitchen. I dig it!

Yeah, I was going to paint it, but I just put a light coat of tung oil on it and left it. It's my 'nekkid' guitar now.


Larry

[lowbrow]

Originally posted by RaVenCAD Plywood refers to multiple pieces of wood laminated together to form a larger individual piece for product manufacturing. Plywood doesn't always mean dust and 1/16" slices. Technically speaking, any body consisting of more than one piece is plywood, even a Les Paul (mahogany body with a maple laminate, thus, PLYwood..) It can be vertical, as in the Les Paul's case, or horizontal, as in the guitar shown above. It simply means a piece of wood constructed of smaller pieces.

 

 

The OED defines it differently:

 

 

plywood Plywood- noun: thin strong board consisting of two or more layers of wood glued together

 

 

Also, if you were to refer to professional asscoiations, like the APA-Engineered wood asscoiation, who define standards by which plywood is graded, you would see they say:

 

 

Plywood: Manufactured from thin sheets of cross-laminated veneer and bonded under heat and pressure with strong adhesive

 

 

I'm not picking on you, I've just seen you use plywood incorrectly many times, and I think it's important people not get mislead into thinking a manufacturer uses plywood for guitar bodies, when few if any do, anymore.