Real Maple?

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SchwarzesGlas
Are the maple tops on the LTDs real or are they just fake wood prints? I was interested in getting an ESP Eclipse especially for the maple top on it for clearer tone, but now that I am moving I need to save up money and was thinking about getting an EC 1000 STBC. If no real maple, I'll spend the extra bucks to get the real deal.
metalhobo

It's a thin wooden veneer.

SchwarzesGlas

So in other words, it's not a real maple cap?

DUKE

The figured part is pretty much a veneer- some guitars can have a real maple cap and a veneer over it, the upper end guitars have an all-figured maple cap.

SchwarzesGlas

But for instance, does an EC 1000 black cherry has a maple cap + veneer or simply a veneer glued to the mahogany?

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