Quilted Maple

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Being a guitar player, I love the figuring on natural and stained quilted maple guitar tops.
I understand that those are veneers, but I am curious as to why quilted maple is not a wood you get to see often on customs (or production cues, for that matter)?
Is it that the blanks are expensive, or is it that the wood is hard to work with on a lathe?

 

[Michael Webb]

You're most welcome. I really do NOT like posting in this particular sub-forum. I have stated many times, that I am not a Cue-Maker. I am however, a rabid wood nerd. I only comment here, when I feel that I can add something of value. This space belongs to you guys (Cue-Makers), and I respect that.

As far as I'm concerned. You can post here as much as you want.
Your a great guy and not part of the Full of Shit group!

 

[j2pac]

As far as I'm concerned. You can post here as much as you want.
Your a great guy and not part of the Full of Shit group!

Thank you Sir.

 

[Kim Bye]

This is what I was starting from. Nice grade A quilted maple.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

This is what I was starting from. Nice grade A quilted maple.
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Wow.

 

[j2pac]

This is what I was starting from. Nice grade A quilted maple.
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Beautiful piece. The vertical grain in that piece, is extraordinary.

 

[tomatoshooter]

Here are some examples of Flaming Birch.
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I have a rifle that has a birch stock that has some nice figure. I'm not sure if it's birch, but it ain't maple or walnut, it's something cheap. I've even seen a piece of Douglas fir that had a bit of cool figure.

 

[R2PQZ]

Being a guitar player, I love the figuring on natural and stained quilted maple guitar tops.
I understand that those are veneers, but I am curious as to why quilted maple is not a wood you get to see often on customs (or production cues, for that matter)?
Is it that the blanks are expensive, or is it that the wood is hard to work with on a lathe?

Just watched a video on figured maple. Santana played a highly figured guitar and it created a lot of interest in maple. Video showed how to read maple for figure. 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 maple trees are figured. Poaching has been a big problem in Washington. The Olympic peninsula has an abundance of big leaf maple. Being from Seattle myself, may be all the rain we get that causes the quilting! I never see quilted maple in the lumber yards.

 

[cubswin]

Being a guitar player, I love the figuring on natural and stained quilted maple guitar tops.
I understand that those are veneers, but I am curious as to why quilted maple is not a wood you get to see often on customs (or production cues, for that matter)?
Is it that the blanks are expensive, or is it that the wood is hard to work with on a lathe?

I owned this one for awhile, best playing cue I ever owned.

4 cues finished

i got the finish put on the cues and everything came out good,except i have to do the Purpleheart/Ebony again,pics to follow.here are the pics:

forums.azbilliards.com

 

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I owned this one for awhile, best playing cue I ever owned.

4 cues finished

i got the finish put on the cues and everything came out good,except i have to do the Purpleheart/Ebony again,pics to follow.here are the pics:

forums.azbilliards.com

All 4 of those are amazing!! Nice work man!

 

[cubswin]

All 4 of those are amazing!! Nice work man!

Not my work, just a cue I owned. Was Mason Hougland who built them.

 

[JoeyInCali]

The rightmost stick is a quilted maple.

 

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The rightmost stick is a quilted maple.

That looks like Curly to me

 

[JoeyInCali]

That looks like Curly to me

CRS. It's a Ceylon satinwood.