What is my 92 LP made of?????

[dh82c]

Hi,

This is my Epi Les Paul. Guitar Dater say it is a Samick made from 92 (which is very close to when I bought it. I worked in the store I bought it from so it was new stock as well unless the suppliers had in in stock for a while.. but I digress).

Anyway.. read somewhere (other forum.. cant find it now) That these were Basswood bodies with alder tops and maple veneer for the flame. I have opened the guitar and can clearly see that it is a 1/8" maple veneer (no surprise) but didnt know about the alder-basswood part. Can anyone confirm or deny? Not a bad little guitar once the pickups were changed out and a decent nut added.

 

Just curious.

 

Thanks

Drew

 

[Dave]

1/8" veneer is pretty thick for an Epi. My chinese flametop looks to be more like 1/16"

 

Samick has a pretty good name for quality and yours looks mighty fine. I went to a Greg Bennett (former Gibson/CMI exec) guitar clinic and he had a row of Samick guitars with him on display and played pretty much all of them in his fingerpicking clinic. Afterwards, we all got a chance to look them over and were impressed. He works for Samick now and explained that about 80% of guitars in shops these days that aren't name brands made in the USA are built by Samick. I wouldn't be afraid to buy anything they make. I've played some Samick acoustics and was really impressed by the out of the box action and setup.

[dh82c]

Pretty certain I measured an 1/8 but now that I think of it.. that includes the finish which is laid on pretty thick. I remember when I bought mine comparing it to a buddy's LP Studio and mine was lighter and more resonant.. so maybe it is basswood? No one seems to know :)

[dh82c]

I changed the subject.. maybe I was too subtle

I my LP is pretty light and resonant.. is that because it is not mahogany but rather basswood or am I just lucky

I am certain the catalogue said it was mahogany but... you know how catalogues are.