dcamp67 Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 You could easily build one of the fish slappers spalted strats with this piece. Sure wish I had the cash here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynamesucks Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 wow thats pretty i like how the focus gets stronger the further down you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 You could easily build one of the fish slappers spalted strats with this piece. Sure wish I had the cash here that piece ain't that nice.. other than that, working with spalted maple isn't that easy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Damn, about 6 years ago a storm knocked down a maple tree in my back yard. The reason it couldn't hold up to the strong winds, is because the tree was partly rotten. 2 freinds came and cut it all up and hauled it away. One friend kept a little and later made a chess table and stand with some of it. It was spalted maple, the neat looking kind. I can kick myself now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 I personally like Coen's a lot better. I don't care for spalted maple as a rule, but Coen's really got my attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Dcamp's got a point though. Sandy1070 sells alot of very nice tops for little money. I wouldn't use spalted maple for a first project though. It's a bitch to work on. The soft spots shrink when you look at it and some of the hard parts wear out your router bits fast.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcamp67 Posted June 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Where did you pick up your spalted? Somewhere accessible from the states? I'm collecting the parts and wood slowly for the next 4-5 projects. The spalted will be for a tele. I'm also planning a lacewood-topped explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mariah Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Damn, about 6 years ago a storm knocked down a maple tree in my back yard. The reason it couldn't hold up to the strong winds, is because the tree was partly rotten. 2 freinds came and cut it all up and hauled it away. One friend kept a little and later made a chess table and stand with some of it. It was spalted maple, the neat looking kind. I can kick myself now. IIRC, the spalt (is that the correct way to refer to it?) is just rotten parts that happen to look pretty. Anyone care to straighten me out on this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 from what i believe, spalt, is half rotten wood, and when sealed and such, it stops rotting, but as you see in coens pictures of his spalted strat,you can see the wood is almost on fire while routing I got a big maple thats dead, but its too rotten to be used, its punky (gone soft, no jokes guys, come on) Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Damn, about 6 years ago a storm knocked down a maple tree in my back yard. The reason it couldn't hold up to the strong winds, is because the tree was partly rotten. 2 freinds came and cut it all up and hauled it away. One friend kept a little and later made a chess table and stand with some of it. It was spalted maple, the neat looking kind. I can kick myself now. IIRC, the spalt (is that the correct way to refer to it?) is just rotten parts that happen to look pretty. Anyone care to straighten me out on this one? it is a type of fungus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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