Spalted Maple

[fgeorge097]

Every spalted maple top I see has a natural looking finish. I was wondering how a light blue or an off-white color might look on this kind of wood? Would such a color scheme obscure the top?

 

[bluefade]

It should make it " POP " just like all the other maple tops...GO for it ! HAVE FUN...

 

[Huggy Love]

I've often wondered the same thing, love the grain.

 

[ViperDoc]

I understand PRS soaks all their spalted tops with cyanoacrylate to maintain integrity, so the finish options may be limited to how color reacts with the CA. I've seen smokebursted natural spalty tops before, but no color as I recall.

 

[fgeorge097]

I want my guitar top to look like Poseidon went to the heavens

 

[Whitecat]

I've often wondered the same thing, love the grain.

That one's actually got semiprecious stones inlaid in the top (turquoise perhaps...) - it's not coloured with stain.

Anyway, I have seen coloured spalted maple tops from other makers but not PRS. Certainly could be technical reasons but it could just be down to the fact that PRS don't do many spalted tops - other than a small SE run a couple years ago it's essentially limited to Private Stock and it could be that people just don't want anything other than a nice natural smokeburst at most.

 

[Brian 594]

I've often wondered the same thing, love the grain.

That is beautiful !