Book matched maple top

We also offer thinner laminates for the builders that laminate decorative exotic woods to their body without carving. Monkeypod qs ribbon grain 2 pc book matched top kd 516 x 14 x 21. While flame maple also known as figured maple, curly maple or fiddleback maple had long been used to the backs and necks of guitars and other stringed instruments such as the violin, it was the use of this striking timber in 1958 to 1960 gibson les pauls that really made it desirable when used to create the twopiece, book matched carved tops on these guitars. Book matching my quilted maple prs top guitar repair bench. The color and pattern in the wood was fine, shipping condition was good, but the slabs themselves were warped way out of shape. This is a 2010 warmoth chambered ash tele body, with a stunning book matched, flamed maple top, dyed in a vibrant purple. Aug 23, 2017 this is part 2 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. Most high quality prs guitars have bookmatched tops.

Ernie ball music man sabre hh maple fingerboard electric. Cherry all claro walnut all madrone all western big leaf maple all myrtlewood all port orford white cedar all english walnut all musical billets. After about 50 years working with figured hardwoods this is the part of my job that i enjoy the most. Hardwood veneer whole piece, book matched, slip matched. Guitar top wood a highly figured electric guitar top whether quilted maple or flame maple is the showcase of your guitar.

Flamed spaulted maple face plate, cherry wood medallion. Look for our unfinished table tops in honduras mahogany from mexico and maple from the united states and other exotic hardwoods like ziricote, tzalam, and walnut. Details about quilted maple instrument wood 7605 book matched guitar top set 24 x 16 x 12. This mahogany has air dried for more than 20 years. This is old grown maple acquired from a retired woodworkers estate sitting in a barn since the early 1970s.

It deals with common themes of growing up like first love, friendship, family, and the struggle between being the person your family wants you to be and figuring out who you are on your own. To me, the image is a clear representation of cassia, the main character, and the way she is trapped in her world. The top is made from a pair of spectacularly flamed book matched live edge maple slabs. The better part of thirty years ago, a group of local woodworkers organized a bulk purchase of figured maple. Matched quotes by ally condie goodreads share book. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two. Onepiece or book matched figured drop top or carve top, premium species as requested i.

Jan 01, 2015 for a small cabinet im building, i want bookmatched doors, and a chunk of wonderfully spalted maple i bought seemed the perfect choice to create the two distinctive 8. Guitar top bookmatched flamed curly maple 5a grade. You can have a billet of maple that after being flatsawn is perfectly bookmatched. Here at turcs guitar woods i strive to provide the hobbyist with affordable woods for guitar making. In this video matt takes your through the steps to. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Custom solid hardwood dining tables and table tops for residential, restaurant, hospitality and commercial installations in walnut, maple, sapele mahogany, cherry, hickory and live edge slabs for coffee, conference room tables and kitchen islands. In this video matt shows you how to make a book matched maple top. One the homepage of mlp there is a 07 r9 lemondrop that has a flitch top, the owner says, but it looks book matched to me so i must be missing something here. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Hobby wood, exotic woods, curly woods, display cases, gun cases,luthier parts. Curly maple wood knife scales handle pair, knifemaking.

Electric body blanks and top plates used to laminate to the top of the core body wood. I cannot imagine a more perfect cover for this book. Warmoth chambered nashville tele body, bookmatched. Alternating pieces of veneer are flipped over so they face each other as do the pages within a book. Architectural end matching, where leaves are individually book or slip matched, first endtoend and then sidetoside, alternating end and side. Quartersawn hard rock maple, traditional black dot inlay, 22 frets, 15 inch radius. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. The body has masked flamed maple binding, and weighs in at 3 lbs, 11oz. Quilted maple instrument wood 7605 book matched guitar top set 24 x 16 x 12. Made made and custom bookmatched guitar parts for todays luthiers,jewelry box,music box,thin lumber. How to do a sweet book matched veneer top on a strat. All of our luthier material is custom sorted from the very best figure and quality wood. Spalted silver maple with match book top and contemporary iron base.

Logs to lumber kiln dried hardwood lumber domestic and exotic lumber live edge slabs table tops see a cool headboard using bookmatched crotch walnut see a project using bookmatched crotch walnut another project using bookmatched crotch walnut see a project using red elmwalnut slabs. Cherry all claro walnut all western big leaf maple all myrtlewood all port orford white cedar all. A properly tuned band saw and the right resawing technique can reveal the inner beauty of a piece of wood. Any chips in picture are from dull joiner blades already book matched and glued with titebond iii measuring 26 58 x 18 x 78 air dried ready and waiting for your artistic touch. But as you carve into the wood to get the curvature of a carved top guitar the grain may not always run straight the whole way through giving some bookmatched guitars an off look. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book as applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer produced in one of several ways, but can also be done with solid wood. If you are lookin best glue than you should find the hide glue, as it is primary adhesive choice for most types of woodworking but mainly relates to furniture. Bookmatching wood slabs is the practice of matching two or more wood slabs, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other. When cassias best friend is identified as her ideal marriage match it confirms her belief that society knows best, until she plugs in her match microchip and a different boys face flashes on the screen. Growing apart doesnt change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side. Flame figured maple wood 9621 luthier carved top guitar set 20 x 15. I will list grain orientation for neck blanks, and describe defects in all ads. A highly figured electric guitar top whether quilted maple or flame maple is the showcase of your guitar. This tree was timbered just a few miles down the road and milled by us.

But sometimes nature does all the hard work for you, with spectacular results. One piece hard rock maple core with a flamed spaulted maple book matched top. Its natural in any wood species that has any visible figuring. Veneer slices are joined in sequence without flipping the pattern. Maple heartwood is so low in content that it is rarely available in sufficient. Matched is a comingofage story geared toward those who are about to come of age themselves. Make offer maple burl wood 10922 luither natural f hole book matched guitar top set. The cover for matched is so eyecatching and mysterious.

This produces the best continuous grain patterns for length as well as width. Made this to hold assorted tea, made with book matched brazilian rosewood, teak, ebony, lacewood, zebrano, figured maple, padauk, purple heart. Sawn willow tiger maple matched sets of lumber at good hope hardwoods please left click to enlarge small photos we stock tiger maple in. This gives the impression of an opened book, hence the term bookmatched. This video shows how i use a 14 inch band saw to resaw a flamed maple board for a guitar top. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other. There are two essential keys to a perfectly resawn workpiece, with the first being the blade on your band saw.

Im assuming the maple top is around 38 when i say that it is a lot harder to make a good joint. Capable of a lively tone, loaded with dynamics, the sabre delivers both articulate clarity and superior sustain. Already finished in planer and thickness sander, only needs final sanding. Standard and live edge including book matched woods and slabs also carries a wide selection of exotic hardwood table tops in many sizes and thicknesses located in naples, florida.

One of them had an s curve where on a flat plate one end touched and lifted touched again and the end was up. Continuous pieces of veneer peeled from a log using a rotary process. Not only that, but we carry book matched live edge tabletops as well. Make offer 34 very curly book matched flamed tiger maple guitar top 011102b. I was looking at jesses epi, then, minethen all the other flamemaple tops.

In order to accomplish this i bought a two inch thick piece of maple that i could bookmatch. All of our luthier material is custom sorted from the very best figure and quality wood available from our extensive inventory. There are lots of ways to make the wood you use in your projects more beautiful, and they all vary in the amount of work they require. Drop top classic announces itself with a radiant book matched flame or quilted maple, koa or walnut top that is actually bent or dropped over a carefully chosen tone wood body create a smooth and comfortable, swooping forearm contour, and it does it all in keeping with the traditional of pickguard styling. Supplier of high quality tonewoods specializing in figured maple and exotic hardwoods. Onepiece or book matched figured cap, premium species as requested. Tiger maple walnut book matches walnut lumber walnut lumber matched sets walnut qrt. Premium aa grade book or balance center plain sliced 5 inches slip quarter sliced 3 inches rotary sliced 5 inches. Bookmatched maple violin back bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book. Birch, red oak, maple, ash, poplar, cherry and other species of fancy veneer are supplied throughout the decorative plywood, furniture, cabinetry, door and profilewrap industries. Luthier quilted maple lumber beautiful curly maple figuring through out joined and planed. Jared coldwell of ohio woodlands offers live edge lumber.

The legs are made from a wonderfully burled walnut limb. Brazilian rosewood, ziricote, koa, cocobolo, burl maple, buckeye, redwood, etc. A technique for matching wood veneer veneer book matching is the most frequently used method for matching wood veneer. We love book matched maple tops and it is a standard feature of the texas toast challenger. Live edge walnut top, outside pieces are book matched. It is accomplished by turning every other veneer leaf over, and arranging it such that the grain opens at the spine, similar to the pages in a book.

Maple all myrtlewood all port orford white cedar all english walnut all figured lumber. Live edge walnut, cherry, maple, elm, oak, and other domestic hardwoods for sale at great prices. Veneer cuts rotary peeled rotary red oak whole piece face shown below an entire log is placed into a lathe and rotated in uninterrupted contact with the lathe knife, resulting in a cut that roughly parallels the growth rings to produce a bold and often variegated grain pattern. This is part 2 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. If you want to get the attention of all the really hot girls you have to use the best flame. Buy bookmatched zebrawood knifes scales, handle blank exotic knife scales wood. Telecaster thinline 69 s body electric guitar bookmatched.

This mahogany has air dried for more than 20 years this mahogany has air dried for more than 20 years. Tonetech ltd provides luthier supplies, luthier tools, guitar paint and nitrocellulose lacquers across the uk and europe. Telecaster 50s body electric guitar bookmatched spalted. We show yall how to work with and glue a book match flame maple veneer top to a strat style body. In this video i show how i make the bookmatched maple top from a 2 thick slab of maple with handheld tools only. This billet is ideal to be book matched for that59 lp period conversionor for that lester hybrid re top. Rusch guitars introducing the artista for decades, rik. Shop all northwest timber figured lumber, wood, and domestic exotic hardwoods for furniture and musical instruments.

When i arrived late to help unload the trailer, i found these two book matched spalted boards discarded in a snow bank. Featuring a contoured body with a 43mm nut width and 10 radius, the sabres roasted maple neck is seriously comfortable to play. Bookmatched guitar tonewood top sets, curly maple, quilted. Dining table with wane edge book matched spalted figured. Make bookmatched panels band saw resaw woodworking. If you need a small repair than you need a cyanoacrylate. Wormhole ripple maple wood luthier supply bookmatch guitar wood top set.