What is a double top acoustic guitar?
A double top guitar, also known as a composite top or sandwich top, is actually a three-layer design. The top is made with two outer layers of hardwood and a special inner layer of strengthening material.
Are double top guitars good?
Contrary to popular misconceptions (often the result of bad press by luthiers who do not make them) double tops are very durable. I’ve done extensive testing of the materials, and nomex double tops are extremely resistant to cracking compared to a traditional solid top guitar.
Who invented the double top guitar?
Matthias Dammann
Thus in 1989 Matthias Dammann created the very first double top guitar. His earliest double tops were constructed of two light and thin Cedar tops with a central core comprised of thin strips of cedar and then glued together under pressure.
What is a double back guitar?
I understood Contreras’ double back (doble tapa) guitars to refer to an additional piece of wood that is “covering” the inside of the back. So in reality, the back (not the top) is doubled-up, with the rosewood exterior and tone-wood interior.
How many hours does it take to make a guitar?
Re: How long does it take for a luthier to build a guitar? Kathrin Hauser: 240 hours.
How long does it take Martin to make a guitar?
between three and six weeks
At Martin, it can take between three and six weeks to build each instrument; more complex guitars can take up to six months. And during peak production, the factory can put out more than 250 guitars each day.
What is a double top guitar made of?
Rathbone Double-Tops feature a technologically advanced soundboard made of two super-thin layers of tonewood with a carbon fibre lattice in-between. Although far from common, the use of double-tops has been most prevalent in the construction of Classical Guitars.
Why do some classical guitars have double tops?
Although far from common, the use of double-tops has been most prevalent in the construction of Classical Guitars. Given their primary reliance upon natural volume and projection, adding a Double-Top to a Classical Guitar to add soundboard strength and stiffness and therefore increase volume and resonance has been widely hailed.
What is a double top guitar soundboard?
Luthiers use the honeycomb sheet (calendered paper) version of the product: the low mass, strength, and ease of shaping make it ideally suited for guitar soundboards. Though the construction of a double top significantly differs from the traditional soundboard, a double top guitar often looks just like a traditional guitar.
What are Eastman’s double top acoustic guitars?
Eastman introduced its new Double Top acoustic guitars at the 2019 Winter NAMM Show. From the outside, the models in the series – which includes the DT30OM, DT30GACE and our review guitar, the DT30D – look like traditional flat-top steel-string acoustics, but there’s something different going on under the surface.