Does hollow body need a laminate top?

[Hooligan]

Maybe a stupid question, but if I choose hollow option for LP body, does it need a laminate top? I mean are the chambers inside the body so they are not visible, or are they on the top of the body?  :help:

 

[Stage Fright]

The way W explained it, they cut the hollow option areas and then glue the top on.  How they price it, I don't know.

 

[Kostas]

Yes you need, all hollow bodies (flat or carved) need a top.

 

[ildar]

The chambers are routed from the top into the body back. If there was no laminate top, those chambers would be visible. A top is part and parcel to any guitar with sound chambers-semi acoustic, acoustic, etc.

 

[Bill in SC]

Hey, there's an idea! An open hollow with no top!! Radical, man!  (though not necessarily acoustically pleasing) 
BB in SC

 

[-CB-]

Unless Scotty comes 'round to beam out the wood from within the body, then yes.