Hi all. I have a project that will use panels that are laminated. My question is whether I should stagger the seams on the upper and lower pice of the laminate? This particular project is a guitar body and so the top piece is book matched and so 2 pieces. The underside, it doesnt really matter how many pieces in the panel. If I went with a 2 on top of 2, so to speak, the glue line will stack on the two panels. I could easily do a 2 on 3 configuration where the center seam for the top panel doesnt overlap with lower.

I cant think of a reason this would be a problem, but figured Id check. If the glue-up doesnt hold well for any reason I would think that the 2 over 3 would be a better idea. But again, why would that be the case?

Thoughts and experiences are appreciated!