peacock72 said:
The tenon to body fit is amazingly tight. On both my Edwards, if the finish wasn't thin or translucent over the joint, I wouldn't be able to see the seam. Really, the joint couldn't possibly be any tighter!
exactly what he said... check out the tenon on my edwards, if not for the translucent finish, you wouldn't know it was long
as for the maple being thin... well here's a clear picture of just how thick the maple cap is... (1.5cm at the thickest point in the pickup cavity)
I think that's the SAME thickness as on Gibson LP standards.
There are 2 reasons why the maple cap is thinner at the tone/volume pots than on other LP's
1. The Edwards has a "deep dish" carve (found on vintage Gibson LP's, but not current ones). This means thinner maple towards the edge binding of the guitar.
2. The 4 individual pot cavitities are drilled deeper than the control cavity is... i.e. 4 holes are drilled from the INSIDE of the control cavity towards the guitar top... leaving the wood maybe 0.3cm thin at that point. The following picture will make this clearer (note how the pots appear to be SUNKEN)
So in summary
- The maple cap on an Edwards is just as thick as a Gibsons
- The
pots have less than half a centimetre of maple between them and the volume/tone
knobs
- The long neck tenon is done so well that it is quite hard to see sometimes... as this pic helps to illustrate
Edwards guitars are built exceptionally well. These rumours are not helping their reputation
I hope my pics have cleared things up for some of you