jchix
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I hope they are going to have one of these maple top singlecut archtops at NAMM. I may pull the trigger on an order if I could just find a way to play one!
I don't think it would obscure the wood, but given he extremes in porosity of spalt, the dyes might leak a bit. Best to ask the private stock team.How do you think a beach fade finish would look on a spalted maple top? Would it obscure the natural beauty of the wood?
My understanding is that...sorry if I don't explain this right, its a little hard to put the words together, haha...stain on top of spalt doesn't really allow all those black streaks to show through. We have had luck with the amber shades smokebursts on Spalted Maple. But, my understanding is a color like Blue will hide a lot of the grain. Not that it would look bad, but it might hide a lot of the beauty that you like in a particular piece of Spalted Maple, especially on the darker blue areas of the beach fade.How do you think a beach fade finish would look on a spalted maple top? Would it obscure the natural beauty of the wood?
How do you think a beach fade finish would look on a spalted maple top? Would it obscure the natural beauty of the wood?
Spalt is from a fungus in decaying wood. Spalted maple tends to be very light, soft and porous. I think they actually dip it in glue, or a stabilizer to have a finish that will last. I am guessing you can't stain wood that has been dipped in glue, it won't absorb stain properly.
Has anyone ever stained and THEN dipped some spalty maple in glue? And yes, I think Paul likes to submerge spalt in cyanoacrylate aka super glue. I wonder how that would turn out, or how you would get the guitar to finish, then...hmmm...uh....maybe that's why they don't do it.Spalt is from a fungus in decaying wood. Spalted maple tends to be very light, soft and porous. I think they actually dip it in glue, or a stabilizer to have a finish that will last. I am guessing you can't stain wood that has been dipped in glue, it won't absorb stain properly.
This should be the standard control layout on the Custom models!
It is a fungus and rotting wood, and very prone to breakage which is why you dont see it used as necks. They use super glue to stabalize it. Have to have great ventilation as this can kill your lungs, and you. They don't dip it in super glue, just spread it across the top after it's been shaped. You can in fact stain over super glue and super glue is used often for spot repairs and the like.Spalt is from a fungus in decaying wood. Spalted maple tends to be very light, soft and porous. I think they actually dip it in glue, or a stabilizer to have a finish that will last. I am guessing you can't stain wood that has been dipped in glue, it won't absorb stain properly.
I hope that doesn't mean you are eating worms.*waits with baited breath*
I hope that doesn't mean you are eating worms.