

The words "plywood" or "laminated" have come to be thought of as synonyms for "cheap" or "poor quality" but many valuable antique instruments have in effect become laminated structures as a result of repairs and this does not seem to have made those instruments cheap! Here a couple of examples. My bass ribs are made of two layers of Maple with a layer of silk in between using a vacuum lamination system that I developed, this makes them much less likely to crack in the future and I think high quality lamination now is better than poor quality lamination later!