finished thinkness sanding birdseye maple for new builds. I want to know...

Guitartom_ca · December 9th, 2009, 04:20 PM

I just got my birdeye maple back from being planed and service sanded. I plan on doing one or two builds after Christmas. The rest of it i plan to sell after new years. I don't know much about the value of wood so my question is .. what is a fair price to ask for each?
thank you.

Guitartom_ca · December 9th, 2009, 04:21 PM

and these two.

Ronkirn · December 10th, 2009, 08:11 AM

sorry to say, but highly figured wood, unless wide enough to be used as a "one piece" or a two piece, book-matched, is not particularly desirable.

Ron Kirn

Jack Wells · December 10th, 2009, 12:34 PM

Didn't want to be cruel, but I wouldn't use any of those pieces on one of my guitars. Any reason why you didn't attempt to book-match them?

iansmitchell · December 10th, 2009, 12:43 PM

I don't like the look of those much. How thick are they? Might work for a not-burst les paul.

Guitartom_ca · December 10th, 2009, 01:09 PM

actually someone gave these to me all glued , they were about 1 inch think , i got them planed and sanded to 1/4 " thick. I think i will try 2 of them for a build to see what happens.
thanks for your input guys. Oh well... they didn't cost me anything.

joe desperado · December 10th, 2009, 01:28 PM

I would consider cutting them up matching the pieces better. I don't mind a 3 piece top if the wood is all consistant in grain/figure and pattern. Maybe even laminate a strip of walnut between the maple. Maple-thin walnut-Maple- thin walnut- Maple. That would make them look pretty cool. In fact, I wouldn't mind trying that if the price was real cheap.

Joe

68thinline · December 10th, 2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Guitartom_ca

actually someone gave these to me all glued , they were about 1 inch think , i got them planed and sanded to 1/4 " thick. I think i will try 2 of them for a build to see what happens.
thanks for your input guys. Oh well... they didn't cost me anything.

The correct way to do that would have been to re-saw the 1" boards to make a bookmatch. Personally I'm not a huge fan of birdeye, but since you have nothing to lose why not go for it. There are two panels there that do look better than the others.

Guitartom_ca · December 10th, 2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 68thinline

The correct way to do that would have been to re-saw the 1" boards to make a bookmatch. Personally I'm not a huge fan of birdeye, but since you have nothing to lose why not go for it. There are two panels there that do look better than the others.

I guess hindsight is 20/20. I never thought about that till after it was sanded, I will look more carefully next time.

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Jack Wells Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 66 Posts: 15,461 101 Photos	Didn't want to be cruel, but I wouldn't use any of those pieces on one of my guitars. Any reason why you didn't attempt to book-match them? __________________ . Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

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Guitartom_ca Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canada Age: 35 Posts: 469	actually someone gave these to me all glued , they were about 1 inch think , i got them planed and sanded to 1/4 " thick. I think i will try 2 of them for a build to see what happens. thanks for your input guys. Oh well... they didn't cost me anything.

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joe desperado Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 319	I would consider cutting them up matching the pieces better. I don't mind a 3 piece top if the wood is all consistant in grain/figure and pattern. Maybe even laminate a strip of walnut between the maple. Maple-thin walnut-Maple- thin walnut- Maple. That would make them look pretty cool. In fact, I wouldn't mind trying that if the price was real cheap. Joe

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