daveq Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 I bought a set of flamed maple tops (supposedly cut for bookmatching). I noticed before I glued them up that they weren't cut properly . What I mean is that no matter how I tried to line them up, the grain just wasn't going to match. It looked like one piece was cut so that the width was less than the other - it's hard to explain. There was a knot in them that should have lined up when placing them as they were before they were cut. The know was a couple of inches higher on one piece than the other. That's what leads me to believe that they weren't cut right. I thought about re-cutting them but there wasn't enough wood there to do it. Anyway, I went ahead and glued them anyway. When you look at it, you can tell that the grain lines are not mated to eachother. Do you think I should save up and buy another set or go ahead with it? I know I will notice it but I don't know if a non-builder would without being told the issue was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Any chance you can return them where you got them from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budman68 Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 I would have to say(being a little bit of a builder myself), that it will probably, not definitely, but probably always bother you. I have also screwed up a certain part of a guitar in the building process and even though nobody else could see it, it still bothered the crap out of me. If this is a VERY important project to you (aren't they all?) then I would say stop now and get the wood you really want for this project. Your still early in the process right? Good luck, Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 I would have to say(being a little bit of a builder myself), that it will probably, not definitely, but probably always bother you. I have also screwed up a certain part of a guitar in the building process and even though nobody else could see it, it still bothered the crap out of me. If this is a VERY important project to you (aren't they all?) then I would say stop now and get the wood you really want for this project. Your still early in the process right? Good luck, Dave-> /\ .| Good advice. You'll be kicking yourself over this later if you don't get it fixed now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 some good points above, but not all bookmatches are perfect, and sometimes it looks cool if they don't perfectly match from one side to another, usualy you see this on flame tops, or at least i have, but if you wanted them to match perfectly on boh sides then get what you want, if you think the slightly non-matching thing is cool then keep that, or just leave it on there if it's to much trouble to take it off now, finish the guitar and sell it.... then make another one exactly how you wanted... do you have some pics for us?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budman68 Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Is it possible that you could resaw the wood(now that you have it glued) and maybe put a contrasting piece between them such as walnut or rosewood or purpleheart(right Derek lol!) That would probably look really nice, almost something like BC Rich would have done. Just a thought on saving ya some coinage ;-), Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted October 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 I thought of that idea, budman - but I haven't seen one that I really liked that has that trip down the middle. Brian, I could have returned it but after going ahead with it to the point I'm at now, it's not gonna happen. I'm not sure whay I'm going to do. Thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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