curly maple and other hunks of lumber I run across

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:48 am

went to the lumber yard today. dug around and found a nice chunk of curly maple. What should I do with it.... hmmmm?

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:14 am

Maple stang with highly figured ash body? With black dots and black guard. Or pearloid

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:40 am

That's a good idea, with a black Floyd Rose and all black hardware and pickguard, but no.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:05 am

In my head it looked like this, but with a curly maple neck

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:42 am

i can't see any combs, all i see is flame, can you take another pic with the grain raised? i actually love figured maple and have a stock of air dried, old growth (pre 1930's) stuff that was milled(mostly) for furniture, but is in the right size for tops and necks.

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:18 pm

I think curly and flame are the same thing. Quilted maple is different, but curly and flame two names for the same figure.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:44 pm

your right, im an idiot. could you bookmatch it and make a nice top for like a tele thinline or something? even if its not wide enough you could add some wings and burst it to cover it up. i love a good maple top burst.

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:12 pm

It is 4/4 and 6.5" by 4' long. Plan on cutting veneer and book matching for a madcat tele. WTR got me interested.

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:59 pm

cur wrote:It is 4/4 and 6.5" by 4' long. Plan on cutting veneer and book matching for a madcat tele. WTR got me interested.

Love that all-Maple look with the tort. Great plan, Cur. If you're open to a suggestion, you might play with the design of an integrated pick-guard. Maybe taper the larger portion round the neck pup right into the smaller portion near the bridge. Instead of the two separate pieces of tort.

Have fun! Cheers,

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:01 pm

got a deal on a hunk of 8/4 mahogany today. this will probably be for my holiday project.

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:45 pm

Mahogany ? Do Sg!

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:39 am

cur wrote:It is 4/4 and 6.5" by 4' long.

Two neck builds?

curly maple and other hunks of lumber I run across

curly maple and other hunks of lumber I run across

Madcat fun

chunks of wood - nut just curly maple