Spalted maple top

[fgeorge097]

What colors can you do on a spalted maple top? How would a translucent blue or white look? Don't want to obscure the wood.
Post your pictures of your own!

 

[BrianC]

It really seems that it should be natural or some very light tint like amber or something...

 

[bodia]

It really seems that it should be natural or some very light tint like amber or something...

Completely agree with this.

 

[veinbuster]

It really seems that it should be natural or some very light tint like amber or something...

Yes 100%.
Natural or a subtle tint work really well.
This is natural:

Notice the subtly in the grain relative to the dominance of the spalt.

 

[AP515]

I agree with the natural, but the thought of a natural burst is pretty cool.

 

[fgeorge097]

What about a white tiger or a beach fade?

 

[shinksma]

I don't recall seeing any spalted maple in a finish that wasn't either natural or "amber"-like. So I decided to Google around, picking "blue spalted maple" as my search terms just for a random color. Some interesting finishes out there on non-PRS guitars. But nothing radical on PRSi.

I did find this, which is not much of a color added to it, just a bit of dark burst:

 

[bodia]

I don't recall seeing any spalted maple in a finish that wasn't either natural or "amber"-like. So I decided to Google around, picking "blue spalted maple" as my search terms just for a random color. Some interesting finishes out there on non-PRS guitars. But nothing radical on PRSi.

I did find this, which is not much of a color added to it, just a bit of dark burst:

Love this one! Spalted Maple shouldn't be covered up!

 

[goof1073]

Google Dan Spitz...he had 2 interesting Spalted PRS made for him; Camo and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle guitar.

 

[dogrocketp]

I don't recall seeing any spalted maple in a finish that wasn't either natural or "amber"-like. So I decided to Google around, picking "blue spalted maple" as my search terms just for a random color. Some interesting finishes out there on non-PRS guitars. But nothing radical on PRSi.

I did find this, which is not much of a color added to it, just a bit of dark burst:

That`s the most amazing spalt I`ve ever seen, and possibly the most amazing figure of any kind I`ve ever seen!

 

[ViperDoc]

Paul makes wood and bugshit look really, really good together. Sounds good, too!

 

[FlameTop]

I asked Paul Miles about this a while back. His answer was that spalt will only take a tint, you cant get a stain to properly apply. Seems it boils down to spalt being basically diseased wood and they have to soak it in glue to make it carve-able.

 

[Iceman101]

when you google: Knaggs spalted maple you will find some pictures of what Knaggs guitars does with spalted maple.