bob123 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Since no one in my life gives a rats behind about lumber... I will share with people who do Just found this guy on craigslist saying he clears out trees in the area. He wanted 50 cents a board foot and mentioned he had some woods Id be interested in... Well he did NOT disappoint. I bought 30 feet of 7.5" x 1 /18" curly maple 20 Feet of 20" x 2" Tulipwood And.... my favorite score, about 15 feet of 1 1/8" x 9" (diagonal cut) figured walnut... He pulls out this gorgeous peice and tells me he bookmatched it for a guy that makes gun stocks. All of this lumber cost me 60$. Car full... most of it is curly maple like this, figure is very deep and goes through the board on all peices : And the real score of the day, this is a bookmatched peice, so the other half is very similar to this already large peice lol. and its no thin top either..... thoughts welcome and appreciate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Couldnt resist, cut, planed, and sanded it a bit to appease my curiousity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mender Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 I'm not jealous, am I ? Of course I am! I wish I could get bargains like that over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 That's a great piece of Claro Walnut crotch. You're going to love it. I had a build last year out of a similar piece..... SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Wow that looks delicious..... Probably very similar to my peice indeed! I will be giving this peice LOTS of thought. Perhaps a PRS single cut style build.... Not sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 You suck... (translates to : nice score, I'm jealous!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Yup. Made some delicious neck blanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mender Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Those are gorgeous. I hate you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Those are gorgeous. I hate you! haha those were dry shots too! I got a REALLY nice score on a makita planer, picking it up tomorrow. 250$ !!! Ill be making some precision body blanks in 10 minutes vice 3 hours -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headstack Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Bob, What part of the country are you in? You can be quite vague, like New England or something like that! Just curious where all 3 of those woods come from at once. Thanks, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted October 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Bob, What part of the country are you in? You can be quite vague, like New England or something like that! Just curious where all 3 of those woods come from at once. Thanks, John Hey dude, no worries haha. Im in south west michigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headstack Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks Bob... I never knew we had tulip wood over this way, I always thought it was a semi tropical! Shows you how bad my wood geography is, which is probably worse than my regulay geography, lol. I hope you can get yourself some of that juicy curly maply in 10/4 rough quartersawn and 8" wide some amazing bookmatch carvetops. What you have looks like it would make beautiful one piece Strat and Tele necks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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