We have quartersawn, highly figured, lighterdarker, orange with black stripes this is what martin guitar likes. Best of the beatles for acoustic guitar guitar signature licks. The mirrored effect is best with the least amount of wood taken off these. The wood can be dried sufficiently for use in furniture by the sun alone.
Like all wood, sitka spruce has natural variations in color and grain. Music wood electric guitar bookmatched sets we offer a good selection of bookmatched guitar sets ranging in a variety of species and figuring. Book matching is where they take one thick piece of wood, saw it down the middle and open it like a book. Usually this involves cutting the log from side to side, producing the live edges. I along with a few other luthiers i know, purchased the same grade of tops and all recieved vastly different boards. How to bookmatch a guitar top using a shooting board youtube. Aug 23, 2017 this is part 2 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. 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. We have lots of bookmatched sets of sanded cocobolo veneer. The amazing tonal qualities of this wood, its inherent beauty, along with the fantastic natural history creates an opportunity for that has never been available before. Bookmatching refers to the cutting of the wood used to make a guitar top or back. When wood is bookmatched, two pieces for the body are cut from the same piece of wood, and then placed in a manner that creates mirror image grain on either side of the instrument. Guitar tops 8 14 x 2223 x 316 size is approximate book matched typical d size a note about grades.
The kit includes all the parts you need to make your own electric guitar. As applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer produced in one of several ways, but can also be done with solid wood. One was a excellently quatersawn and book matched board with very tight grain throughout and even had some light bear claw figure, a very good deal for the price. Book matched highly figured claro walnut electric guitar blanks. 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. Highly flamed veneers for arch top and electric applications. In this video i show how i make the bookmatched maple top from a 2 thick slab of maple with handheld tools only. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two. Its slightly different because the saw blade destro. I saw some quartered, book matched mulberry made into a tray. Discussion in electric instruments started by dgtplayer, may 9. Sep 02, 2015 this video shows how i use a 14 inch band saw to resaw a flamed maple board for a guitar top.
A technique for matching wood veneer veneer book matching is the most frequently used method for matching wood veneer. This gives two pieces that are mirror images of each otherand theoretically the same color. Telecaster 50 s body electric guitar bookmatched olive wood top honduras mahogany, unique telecaster 50 s body. 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. Make offer 3d flame maple 5a guitar or bass lumber. The eyes or swirling grain in burls and the decayinduced lines in spalted wood make excellent choices. This is the link i mentioned in the video for the bearing guides used on my band saw. Make offer ambrosia spalted maple instrument wood 9014 luthier book matched guitar top black walnut burl one piece top guitar tone wood. The type of wood, along with how it is treated in the factory, will determine what a guitar looks, sounds, and plays like. Make bookmatched panels band saw resaw woodworking. This is part 2 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. Its harder to find a single piece of wood thats as wide as a guitar.
Exotic tone woods for guitars home custom shop obscure guitars. This video shows how i use a 14 inch band saw to resaw a flamed maple board for a guitar top. With your selection in hand, heres how to quickly transform it into a beautiful panel. A highly figured electric guitar top whether quilted maple or flame maple is the showcase of your guitar. Our staff will see to it that you get the perfect tonewoods. The soundboards on acoustics are generally made of tightly grained spruce. Spruce spruce is the most commonly used wood on acoustic guitar soundboards. Two pieces of bookmatched, kiln dried, highly figured cocobolo that has been run through our wide belt sander. This enables the customer to buy slabs with matching grain and color flitchmatched bookmatched.
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. In addition to online sales our trade counter is located in stockport, cheshire and is open to the public and trade customers. You should be worrying to the point of sleepless nights. This week, ben demonstrates how to bookmatch a guitar top using a shooting board. Book matched fiddleback claro walnut musical instrument. This week, ben demonstrates how to bookmatch a guitar top using. We will also offer other exotic woods from time to time when. Most of the time these pieces are taken from the same log, sawn in. This is the same material that we use to cut instrument sets that are sold to larger instrument companies. Its natural in any wood species that has any visible figuring. Please look at the pictures to see coverage of sapwood on faces. Guitar wood, cocobolo rosewood, cocobolo, cocobolo king rosewood tags. Mulberry wood for back and sides the unofficial martin.
Smooth these out with a quick trip through the planer or with a sander, taking care not to remove too much stock from the cut faces or you can alter the bookmatched appearance. Wood we offer several types of exotic woods, desert iron wood blocks and book matched pairs, snake wood, amboyna burl, lignum vitae, macassar ebony, maka burl, pink ivory and tulip wood. We can also custom resaw our thick billets to the size you would like. Book matched panels add visual interest and a mark of fine craftsmanship to a project.
Flamed maple is generally book matched, which means that the body is made of two half pieces of a single cut piece of maple. Hawaiian master grade premium quartersawn curly koa bookmatched aaaa tonewood guitar sets curly koa ukulele bookmatched sets curly hawaiian mango instrument sets highly figured fiddleback big island koa luthiers guitar builder artisan woodworker guitar book. Welcome back to crimson guitars and another minitorial with ben crowe. When wood is bookmatched, two pieces for the body are cut. Split it through the thinnest part so you now have 2 thinner blocks of wood. Telecaster 50 s body electric guitar bookmatched olive wood top honduras mahogany, unique telecaster 50 s body electric. Hawaiian master grade premium quartersawn curly koa book matched aaaa tone wood guitar sets curly koa ukulele book matched sets curly hawaiian mango instrument sets highly figured fiddleback big island koa luthiers guitar builder artisan woodworker guitar book matched tops backs sides sets air dried. Indian rosewood is used for furniture, high end turning and it tonal qualities make it a great choice for musical instruments. Tonetech ltd provides luthier supplies, luthier tools, guitar paint and nitrocellulose lacquers across the uk and europe.
Prs acoustics woods selection and bookmatching youtube. It is getting much harder to obtain this wood so stock up and take advantage of the wonderful pricing. You can have a billet of maple that after being flatsawn is perfectly bookmatched. Cocobolo bookmatched, sanded veneer for guitars 18. Curly maple wood guitar tops that are bookmatched for luthiers. Most guitars with solid sitka tops are made with two book matched pieces. Dec 29, 2018 has anyone ever used mulberry wood on a guitar.
Diy unfinished project luthier st electric guitar kit maple neck set xmas gift. Jan 28, 2019 the soundboard is the top of an acoustic guitar and plays the most critical role in determining the overall tone and projection qualities of the instrument. In norwegian wood, the guitar part is played out of a d position. Shop all northwest timber figured lumber, wood, and domestic exotic hardwoods for furniture and musical instruments. Yet the resultant tab and musical notation is written as if you were actually playing in e. Bookmatched guitar wood refers to finding matching pieces of lookalike wood for the soundboard, and back of the guitar. The pictures show the actual pieces of wood for sale. Though there are many available materials suited to satisfy the structural requirements of a soundboard, none have been found to match the acoustic properties of wood. It had a nice tap tone and looked something like mahogany. Make offer maple burl wood 10922 luither natural f hole book matched guitar top set. Bookmatched guitar tonewood top sets, curly maple, quilted. Hobby wood, exotic woods, curly woods, display cases, gun cases,luthier parts. We keep an eye out for anything thats going to look cool in a bookmatched top so the offering changes frequently.
Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. This wood is exceptionally high quality a grade material. This is done mostly on acoustics, but some electrics have book matched wood, especially those with figured grain and natural finishes. When the wood is cut, planed and the machined there is some shift that occurs due to the loss of material where it was originally cut. 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. Made made and custom bookmatched guitar parts for todays luthiers,jewelry box,music box,thin lumber. The set includes all the parts you need, and you can use this set to create your own guitar, cool and fantastic. Smooth these out with a quick trip through the planer or with a sander, taking care not to remove too much stock from the cut faces or you can alter the book matched appearance. Maple burl wood 10922 luither natural f hole book matched guitar top set. Hobby wood, exotic woods, curly woods, display cases, gun cases,luthier parts, in conjunction with. Both flitches are 100% blemish free in the template area. This gives the guitar even weight, look and tone throughout the body.
The soundboard is the top of an acoustic guitar and plays the most critical role in determining the overall tone and projection qualities of the instrument. Ambrosia maple tops planed to 14 and sanded to 200 grit. Our indian rosewood is a beautiful golden brown with darker and lighter contrasting grain lines. Important do not confuse bookmatched wood with laminate, see heading below. I am currently in the process of creating a guitar and am attempting to book match wood. It is a porous wood that takes quite well to a variety of finishes. Click here to see him discuss woods and how we bookmatch our tops. I am currently in the process of creating a guitar and am attempting to bookmatch wood. I built a classical guitar out of bloodwood,and it is gorgeous the book matched back looks like a wizard with a big hat and beard, it is hard and heavy wood and the guitar has a very bright sound, with good volume, i french polished it and the finish looks a mile deep.
The blade will leave milling marks on the cut faces of your two bookmatched panels. Generally speaking, if the guitar website or description does not state it is of solid wood construction, assume it is laminated. We offer a good selection of bookmatched guitar sets ranging in a variety of species and figuring. We sell this same cocobolo veneer to martin guitar and other fine guitar makers. The short story on bookmatched panels wood magazine. Quilted, flame, fiddleback and curly maple guitar tops.
This listing is for 8 pieces of sanded, bookmatched cocobolo that are 0. Texas toast guitars is an independent guitar shop and this channel is a place for people with common interests to come together and discuss their mutual hobbies, toys, and opinions. Our liveedge slabs are sawn as flitches meaning slabs boards from a single log are cut and stored together. In this video i show how i make the bookmatched maple top from a.