Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

[TheLivingDead]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Flame.

Every now n then a quilt top comes along that makes me realize what a terrible country America is.

 

[LReese]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Neither - I prefer spalted

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

^ Take all you want. I can't stand it. : party:

 

[Dr. Vegetable]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

vs.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

I like both. I have a quilted Les Paul Elegant in Peacock Blue, in the sunlight it is so three-dimensional...you could fall in and drown. My '59 Reissue has a top that is kind of a mix of both quilt AND flame...beautiful and unique. A couple of my other Pauls have deep flame but the best top of all might be on my ASAT Deluxe.

I'll say flame, but it really depends on the top and the color.

Bill

 

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

rob option,not a big fan of either

 

[jon the art guy]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

I always liked birdseye the best :|
Also, anyone know why flame was called flame when quilt looks more flamey and flame looks more like a fabric?

 

[Lucid_Lunatic]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

.............. but I'm guessing most people prefer quilt tops.

Wrong again, goatgroper.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

I always liked birdseye the best

Birdseye makes it look like the guitar has a bad case of acne.

 

[jtougas]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Rob option: Yes, please... I'll take either one of 'em

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

In most cases - plain tops. Something like this Les Paul:

Between the two existing options - Flame.

 

[JeffB]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

^ Take all you want. I can't stand it. : party:

+1

.......Gonnorhea Maple

 

[jon the art guy]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

since we're throwing out other tops:

I like Tweed.

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Yes?

 

[trevorus]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

In most cases - plain tops. Something like this Les Paul:

Between the two existing options - Flame.

i love that so hard.

 

[agentzero12]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Neither - I prefer spalted

Spalted maple is my favorite wood. I love it.

 

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

What about something in between?

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Of the two, I prefer flame. The "looser" and more uneven, the better. Loose flame is way sexier and more natural looking to me than tight, bookmatched flame. I love guitars on which one piece of the body has regular grain, but another piece has just a little figuring. MMMMF!! HOT! But in general, I prefer plain tops with straight grain or very little visible grain...like an alder Strat or a pine Tele.

 

[Myaccount876]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

Here is why I prefer quilted maple, it just looks much more "wild" which I like:



I still love me some flame though:



Now this is a flame top I do not care that much for; it is just "too perfect" looking:

 

[0v3nm4n]

Re: Quilt Top vs. Flame Top

there are some quilt tops that are super tight and look almost flamed, and then there are some flame tops that are 'wavy' enough to look like quilt. IMO that's the best you get from either of them, but at the end of the day, I think Burl takes the cake