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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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,

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

Mahogany ? Do Sg!

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

Two neck builds?