what is book matched

[monkey69962000]

i want to know what is book matched wood. How can you achive this too.

[truerussian558]

bookmatching as i beleive, is when they take a piece of wood, and stand it on its side, and cut it leghtwise, , thus the grain is mirrored on both sides (if its flatsawn), and you open it like a book and glue the pieces together, a cheaper way to get a one piece look for a top, and looks nicer too, (symetry is a great thing in this world),

this is usually doe with a bandsaw, with a resawing blade, and then usually run through a planer so the top is level,

[monkey69962000]

do they sell it under book matched wood at like home depot or osh

[truerussian558]

i seriously doubt that home depot sells quality bookmatched wood, (or at all), its more like to be found at a specialyty, wood craft store, with thin veeners, you rarely have big peieces of bookmatched bood, woo youlkl have to either do it yourself or pay/ask someone to do it. but ost guitar part suppliers sell bookmathced top wood (i beleive

[MzI]

your best bet, dont ever buy guitar building wood at home depot or giant stores like that, buy from a specilty store that sells hardwoods, as for book matchin, its when you resaw a piece of wood in half usually on the ban saw and you open it like a book, just make sure you line up the grain as close as possible it makes it look better

MzI