Don't have Hans' book handy, so curious, is the top solid on the X500? If so pressed or carved?
Thought so, but somebody on another list said solid, pressed topIt’s a pressed laminate. Only the X-700, A-350, A-500, and AA are carved tops, IIRC. (And some custom ones, I believe.)
Same like some still claim 50ies Aristocrats have solid spruce tops...but they are also laminated.Thought so, but somebody on another list said solid, pressed top
Oh yes, historically they've been seen often on acoustic archtop models. Even today, Guild manufactures the A-150 Savoy archtop (NS series) with a solid-spruce pressed top. Many moons ago I owned a 1948 Gibson L-48 archtop with a solid-mahogany pressed top. Kay & Harmony archtops also sometimes had solid-spruce pressed tops (owned a few of those, too!).Would tops of any guitars be both solid and pressed? It seems like a solid top would be carved and pressed would only be laminate.