Book matched veneer guitar topshop

A onepiece top versus book matched on an acoustic guitar. Just like tone of a guitar there is always someone who will have something to say about it. This video shows how i use a 14 inch band saw to resaw a flamed maple board for a guitar top. The top countries of suppliers are china, india, and indonesia, from which the percentage of veneer guitar supply is. I dont think i have ever seen book matched fingerboards. These tops will be thin enough to bend over a forearm contour and that. Brazilian rosewood headstock back veneer tom bills. Brian moore guitars still uses a bent piece of veneer to simulate a carved arched quilted top buyer beware. The opener itself, the handle and the legs are bloodwood. Takamines website indicates the guitar s top, back, and sides are all made of figured ash whatever that means. Quilted maple top wood looks like blisters pillows even sausages.

Jun 01, 2010 once sanded down to bare wood i decided to use elm burl veneer on the front and back. There are no onepiece tops because trees dont grow large enough to make onepiece tops and also the wood has to be quartersawn, which means its a radius cut from the heart of the tree outward, not a slab cut so that the grain is vertical as you look at the piece. The top countries of suppliers are china, india, and indonesia, from which the percentage of veneer guitar supply is 97%, 1%, and 1% respectively. A wide variety of veneer guitar options are available to you, there are 530 suppliers who sells veneer guitar on, mainly located in asia. Supplier of high quality tonewoods specializing in figured maple and exotic hardwoods. Each of the 4 sheets of veneer are 8 x 18 x 283 thick and have straight, parallel edges, and are free of defects. I wanted to make sure the grain direction matched the grain direction of the neck. In order to do this i had to remove some wood so the veneer would lie flat and flush. Veneering my guitar solidbody guitar and bass chat. Quilted, flame, fiddleback and curly maple guitar tops. Curly maple wood guitar tops that are bookmatched for luthiers.

Next, i cut the piece to width, again slightly oversized to allow for scrap. Bookmatched lacewood veneer for decorative guitar tops, 70mm. Fender for a while, affixed a large photograph to the top of their guitars to simulate flame foto flame. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book. Known for its interleaving colors of red, orange, brown and yellow, amboyna burl is unmistakably one of the forests most valued species. Architectural end matching, where leaves are individually book or slip matched, first endtoend and then sidetoside, alternating end and side.

My ibanez has this yellow to red sunburst that i feel is kind of ugly, and defini. I made this at the table saw with my sliding miter table, but it could easily have been done with any saw that would give an accurate crosscut. This way you can match up your own sets with patterns you choose. This match has leaves that are book or slip matched into large assemblies.

My first guitar making the headstock veneer the tundra. I did find one youtube video that indicated the entire guitar was covered with an ash veneer, but i dont know if a veneer automatically eliminates an acoustic guitar from being considered 100% solid wood construction. Guitar tops 8 14 x 2223 x 316 size is approximate book matched typical d size. Discussion in electric instruments started by dgtplayer, may 9, 2012. Architectural end matching, where leaves are individually book or slip matched, first end.

The stationary box is redwood burl, book matched on all sides with a quad match on top. Ambrosia maple tops planed to 14 and sanded to 200 grit. Topveneer provides wood veneer in low quantities for both amateur and professional woodworkers at the best australian prices. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book as applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer produced in one of several ways, but can also be done with solid wood. Birds eye maple dyed with purple transtint custom guitar work created by mike hinderks veneer. The good news is that this method can reveal some amazing results that can only be achieved with veneer. For tenor and concert size ukuleles, my jigs are 12 wide and 14 long. Our ash burl veneers are made from premium ash burls and are sequenced matched 4 ways. Then the assemblies are broken into subassemblies and stacked in an end match.

Discussion in basses bg started by thirstygums, sep 21, 2007. The technique is used to beautify a variety of objects such as. A onepiece top versus bookmatched on an acoustic guitar. Bookmatched guitar tonewood top sets, curly maple, quilted. We offer sequenced matched, premium domestic and exotic wood veneers in flat, quartered and rotary cuts. Make your own 4way book matched panel with walnut burl veneer. As applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer produced in. Once sanded down to bare wood i decided to use elm burl veneer on the front and back.

In addition to online sales our trade counter is located in stockport, cheshire and is open to the public and trade customers. Guitar top wood a highly figured electric guitar top whether quilted maple or flame maple is the showcase of your guitar. This creates then most regular grain line continuity. Browse through our categorydefining resultnum electric guitar veneers products in a simple, secure, and faster way.

Is there a way to get rid of the finish on a guitar without sanding. Its becoming hard to find highly figured veneers in large sizes. In this video matt shows you how to make a book matched maple top. We sell this same cocobolo veneer to martin guitar and other fine guitar makers. Luthiers use these exotic hardwood species to make beautiful instruments where excellent alternative tonewoods are desired. Guitar head veneer 3pcs rosewoodmaple guitar veneer head plate headplate diy replacement part for luthiers rosewood. This is part 2 of a complete series on making an electric guitar at my home. Find great deals on ebay for guitar headstock veneer and guitar headstock overlay. It is accomplished by turning every other veneer leaf over, and arranging it such that the grain opens at the spine, similar to the pages in a book. Brazilian rosewood headstock back veneer 9 years, 8 months ago posted in. G2n nylon sting, nylon string, portfolio 0 book matched brazilian rosewood veneer on back of slotted nylon string guitar headstock. To sum it up, i think some look great, and some baffle me. Texas toast guitars is an independent guitar shop and this channel is a place for. End matching is often used to extend the apparent length of available veneers for high wall panels and long conference tables.

Allowing you to create beautiful, symmetrical patterns with the grain converging at the middle of a fourway juncture. This listing is for 8 pieces of sanded, bookmatched cocobolo that are 0. Made made and custom bookmatched guitar parts for todays luthiers,jewelry box,music box,thin lumber. Book matched sets can also be used for other fine wood crafts. Im after a bit of advice on installing a veneer on my gordon smith gs1. In this video i show how i make the bookmatched maple top from a 2 thick slab of maple with handheld tools only. Book matching custom veneer and production plywood panels. The book matched tops are no different sounding than solid tops, all les pauls are book matched maple or koa on the really nice ones. In the lower price range of guitar and even the entry level of the more top wellknown brands, veneers are used on the tops, sides and backs. Until recently i had never seen anything with such an amazing curl and shimmer so we bought the entire stock. You can create an exotic wooden box, make timeless wooden inlays or take on the challenge of a veneer compass rose. A wide variety of veneer guitar top options are available to you, there are 8 suppliers who sells veneer guitar top on, mainly located in asia.

When building a classical guitar in the spanish tradition, the actual veneer design is easy. Acoustic guitar back and side book matched lutherie wood sets. Fiddleback maple wood veneer we recently found this instrument grade curly maple aka fiddleback veneer during a trip to germany. Ibanez, lakland and many others also use paper thin veneers to simulate a beautiful quilted maple guitar, buyer beware. At most it would have a dark veneer, light veneer and then the wood headpiece. This is part one we show yall how to work with and glue a book match flame maple veneer top to a strat style body.

Electric guitar veneers online shopping electric guitar. The veneer source your source for high quality wood veneer. Click here to see him discuss woods and how we bookmatch our tops and backs. Its a bit of a beaten up old thing with which ive already cha. However, a paperthin veneer isnt going to change the sound. A highly figured electric guitar top whether quilted maple or flame maple is the showcase of your guitar. I cut the body first then put the veneer on then trimmed the veneer. Rolls royce and bentley bookmatching veneer for wood trim. It is only 116 of an inch thick so there wasnt much tolerance for a lot of sanding.

This match has leaves that are book or slip matched, first endtoend, and then sidetoside. Dr there is no difference in the sound, only the looks. Guitar tops 8 14 x 2223 x 316 size is approximate book matched typical d size a note about grades. Shop all northwest timber figured lumber, wood, and domestic exotic hardwoods for furniture and musical instruments. Prs acoustics woods selection and bookmatching youtube. There are two pieces for sale in this settwo backs that are bookmatched or from consecutive slices from the tree. It deals with common themes of growing up like first love, friendship, family, and the struggle between being the person your family wants you to be and figuring out who you are on your own. The fun really kicks in when you start book matching veneer. A technique for matching wood veneer veneer book matching is the most frequently used method for matching wood veneer. If your building a guitar solid bodies are easier to finish, but figured tops are more attractive. Amboyna burl wood veneer though straight grain amboyna is a beautiful wood, it is the amboyna burl that is the most sought after.

I have a whole lot of thoughts on what constitutes acceptable bookmatching of a guitar top. Cocobolo bookmatched, sanded veneer for guitars 18. Texas toast guitars is an independent guitar shop and this channel. Buy rosewood wood guitar head veneer head plate musical accessories pack of 3. As far as possible we only use the images of the veneer from the same log as what you would purchase, so while a pattern might change slightly from cut to cut the image is a good representation idea of how your veneer will look like. Wood veneer matching end matching there are three main types of end matching, which are used in combination with book or slip matching. It is accomplished by turning every other veneer leaf over, and arranging it such that the grain opens at. Hobby wood, exotic woods, curly woods, display cases, gun cases,luthier parts. This is the link i mentioned in the video for the bearing guides used on my band saw. There is a wide range of electric guitar products available online on the platform of dhgate, from electric guitars, guitar, musical instruments of different brands. We have cocobolo that is quartersawn and highly figured.

Youll often find it necessary to join two or more pieces of veneer together to make up a large panel. End matched end matching consist of opening two matching pieces of veneer end wise rather than edge wise book match. Pair of bookmatched lacewood veneer for decorative guitar tops, each piece 780mm x 170mm x 0. How to do a sweet book matched veneer top on a strat. Typically the thin veneer looks better, because of the thin cut, a better book match is possible. Matched is a comingofage story geared toward those who are about to come of age themselves. Ok so i just got my 23x10 flamed maple veneer from the wood wellawesome site, great price for big veneers for flying v or similar big guitars now im preparing to. Its harder to find a single piece of wood thats as wide as a guitar with a nice pattern going from edge to edge. But when i did mine i had already cut the body out then i decided to put the veneer on after the fact. Tonetech ltd provides luthier supplies, luthier tools, guitar paint and nitrocellulose lacquers across the uk and europe. After cutting this section of the log, the sheets are kept together consecutively, as cut, and handled in sequence through process of clipping and drying, so. Flitch the section of a log made ready for cutting into veneer. I cut the veneer first, then outlined the veneer on the front and back. Very high strength hide glue perfect for guitar assembly.