Christopher Caruana
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It not like you ever see a flame alder top or anything like that.
Is maple just the easiest? or the only one?
Is maple just the easiest? or the only one?
is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
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Chris of Arabia
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
I've seen flamed koa before
I've seen flamed koa before
MojoMonster
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
You can get figured wood in almost all varieties of wood. An eBay search of "flamed/quilted/figured" will bring back all sorts of stuff.
Maple is just the wood of choice for instrument making.
You can get figured wood in almost all varieties of wood. An eBay search of "flamed/quilted/figured" will bring back all sorts of stuff.
Maple is just the wood of choice for instrument making.
Christopher Caruana
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
i think i have too actually, but that may be the only other one
i think i have too actually, but that may be the only other one
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
I have an Ibanez RG520 with a quilted sapele veneer over mahogany.
I have an Ibanez RG520 with a quilted sapele veneer over mahogany.
Falloffthebonetone
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
I have an ash body with some wiggly flame on it. Very mild though and only on part of one half of my guitar.
I have an ash body with some wiggly flame on it. Very mild though and only on part of one half of my guitar.
Chocklit_Thunda
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
I've seen quilted/flamed/highly figured beech, kiaat, bubinga, mahogany, sapele, acacia, Blackwood, koa, walnut, spruce and even pine. I've seen Birdseye in poplar and maple and a few others too.
My guess is that it just happens more "commonly" in maple
I've seen quilted/flamed/highly figured beech, kiaat, bubinga, mahogany, sapele, acacia, Blackwood, koa, walnut, spruce and even pine. I've seen Birdseye in poplar and maple and a few others too.
My guess is that it just happens more "commonly" in maple
dystrust
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
The back of longcat's Yamaha FG-700S is flamed Nato. I also remember in 2005 or so Dave's Guitar Shop had a pair of Gibson USA Flying Vs; one natural-finished solid flamed mahogany and the other trans red over solid quilt mahogany with an ebony board. I really wanted the quilt mahogany V, but couldn't afford it at the time.
The back of longcat's Yamaha FG-700S is flamed Nato. I also remember in 2005 or so Dave's Guitar Shop had a pair of Gibson USA Flying Vs; one natural-finished solid flamed mahogany and the other trans red over solid quilt mahogany with an ebony board. I really wanted the quilt mahogany V, but couldn't afford it at the time.
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Funkfingers
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
Sycamore can have flame similar to "tiger stripe" maple. This makes it a popular choice for tops on budget Gibson-inspired electric guitars.
Sycamore can have flame similar to "tiger stripe" maple. This makes it a popular choice for tops on budget Gibson-inspired electric guitars.
Edgecrusher
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
The local luthier here has a thing for using figured poplar and flamed yew.
The local luthier here has a thing for using figured poplar and flamed yew.
zenmindbeginner
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
Maple is used because it is warp resistant, has a good hardness/density ratio, takes a finish well and is found in large quantities in the United States where mass electric guitar manufacturing began.
The ease with which maple takes a finish cannot be understated
Figured Aspen poplar is sooo gorgeous.
Maple is used because it is warp resistant, has a good hardness/density ratio, takes a finish well and is found in large quantities in the United States where mass electric guitar manufacturing began.
The ease with which maple takes a finish cannot be understated
Figured Aspen poplar is sooo gorgeous.
Zombiemetl
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
one of thee sickest finishes I've seen..burled redwood!
one of thee sickest finishes I've seen..burled redwood!
TIGEREYELASER
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
That has got to be THE CRAZIEST burl I've ever laid eyes on. All I can think of is Freddie Kreugers face...
That has got to be THE CRAZIEST burl I've ever laid eyes on. All I can think of is Freddie Kreugers face...
Boogie Bill
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
Martin has used quilted and flamed mahogany on some of their upscale guitars, but it is very rare, and very expensive.
Bill
Martin has used quilted and flamed mahogany on some of their upscale guitars, but it is very rare, and very expensive.
Bill
Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
Yes. http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/giveaways/win-a-mayones-regius-7/
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
adorable
adorable
Christopher Caruana
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Re: is maple the only wood you can get a flame or quilt from?
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