www Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 I just scored a lot of figured maple from a friend. He has 40 acres and has two of the best maple trees around. One was downed five years ago, but the wood looks salvageable. The total will be 1000lbs of wood when I'm done grabbing it all. WooHoo! Quote Link to comment
www Posted May 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 I am pretty stoked. I've been looking for awhile to find a good tree. There is a lot of maple here, but I am told only a small percentage yields good figure. I now believe that after months of looking for the elusive quilt in the wood. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 a little secret...unfigured maple looks great too. sounds like you could be making some steinbergers Quote Link to comment
www Posted May 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 You are correct sir! And I happen to have a lot of that. Quote Link to comment
bigdguitars Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I have a gramps in Northern wisconsin that has a ton of down birch trees that I will be takin in the near future. Now that I have a 14 band saw, I can resaw!!! Quote Link to comment
daveq Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 What kind of maple is it? Sounds great. I'm building a hard maple body right now that will have a maple neck and maple fretboard - yeah maple!!!! (my back hurts just thinking about playing it though ) Quote Link to comment
tsl602000 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I'm building a hard maple body right now that will have a maple neck and maple fretboard - yeah maple!!!! (my back hurts just thinking about playing it though ) my ears already bleed.... man... that thing will be bright.... probably too bright. Quote Link to comment
westhemann Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 I'm building a hard maple body right now that will have a maple neck and maple fretboard - yeah maple!!!! (my back hurts just thinking about playing it though ) my ears already bleed.... man... that thing will be bright.... probably too bright. yes it will be....mine is so bright it hurts my ears...even at low volumes Quote Link to comment
GuitarMaestro Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 yes it will be....mine is so bright it hurts my ears...even at low volumes Really???? If yes then I should better rethink my next project.... Quote Link to comment
www Posted May 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 What kind of maple is it? It is Western Big Leaf. It grows like a weed out here, with most of the wood going for firewood even good instrument quality wood. A lot of people don't share my interests in fine wood. I've seen gorgeous quilt chopped up and turned to charcoal. What a waste! Quote Link to comment
MKGBass Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 I have a western big leaf maple tree in my back yard. A big one. I already offered my parents to replace it with a pine tree if they let me cut it down.... they said no. Quote Link to comment
StratDudeDan Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 about a year ago (4th of july last year) a really bad storm blew through my area, over 2000 trees downed (rockford is nicknamed the Forest City because it's so densly populated w/ trees and canopy growth, mostly elm and maple in some places). there was a lot of wood picked up after that one, but i wasn't smart enough to think, "hey, those people lost a huge tree in their backyard and it crushed their car. i wonder if they'll mind if i take it." to conclude this story, though. over the past week, we've had some pretty bad storms in the area. just quick little 20 minute things, but they're rather rough nonetheless. the neighborhood i live in lost a couple trees, and one of them happened to be a really nice, very fat maple tree. the middle sections are what i'm taking from 'em ('bout 32" wide) 'cause the figured base areas were already spoken for, but i'm getting me 4, 4' long sections at at least 2.5' wide. yay! Quote Link to comment
www Posted May 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 What type of maple is it? Quote Link to comment
StratDudeDan Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 i have no idea, but it's really hard. most of the wood that grows in this area is really soft, so i don't bother looking at it or checking it or anything, but i liked the way this tree looked in size, and figured if nothing else, i could pull a couple crappy bodies out of it, but it's actually rather hard, about the same as what one would use for a top. i'm just gonna pull maybe 8 bodies from it and then sell the rest to my grandpa for some of his 22 year old mahogany. Quote Link to comment
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