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11-25-2003, 02:01 AM
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The mystery of the three piece back.
What are they for? Why no four-piece backs? I'm confused.
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11-25-2003, 04:00 AM
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There are 4, 5 and even 8 piece backs. Originally, three-piece backs were created because of the lack of two pieces of wood big enough and of high enough quality to use for a two-piece back.
It's also a cool design, IMO, and it supposedly adds some bass response (I can't tell, though). But it's still true today. I had to specifically ask for a two-piece back on my quilted maple jumbo, and although it's a very cool design, I probably could have gotten more consistent quilt with a three-piece back.
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11-25-2003, 07:09 AM
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Its a supply issue, much more figure can be integrated into 3 pieces instead of two.
The "more bass" thing is something thats fixated itself into the playing world because of the D-35 which got its bass from different bracing not the 3 piece back.
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11-25-2003, 09:32 AM
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'Good to know. Thank ya.
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11-25-2003, 10:41 AM
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I hear talk now and again that three, four, and more piece backs are going to become common as it gets harder to get large pieces of wood.
Though how soon that is, I don't know!
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11-25-2003, 12:36 PM
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Three piece backs are simply a cost savings measure as boards of high enough quality and wide enough to make two-piece backs are getting harder to come by and more expensive.
As for four piece backs, Madagascar rosewood typically can only be used these days if you will accept a four piece back.
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