Fibre Sheet for side lamination

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Fibre Sheet for side lamination

Post by lacrombie » Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:10 am

Hi,

Has anybody used vulcanised fibre sheet to laminate guitar sides?

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Re: Fibre Sheet for side lamination

Post by kiwigeo » Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:09 pm

I did a parlour guitar with laminated sides a few years back...think I used some macrocarpa side sets for the inner lamination and some extra thin Indian Rosewood side sets I got from LMI for the outer layer. I'm not sure if fibre sheet would be stiff enough to work for laminated sides.
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Re: Fibre Sheet for side lamination

Post by jeffhigh » Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:11 pm

Fibre sheet would probably be quite damping too

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Re: Fibre Sheet for side lamination

Post by nkforster » Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:10 am

LMI sell it - its called Fish paper in the US, and gasket paper in the UK. The gasket paper I bought in Oz has a more rubbery feel and is a bit different.

If you're trying to laminate the top and back purfling into the sides you're best off buying from the UK or USA. If you just want to laminate sides, you don't need to use gasket paper.

What are you working towards? How thick do you want to laminate? Are you using double sides? Triple sides? Veneer?

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