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Title: What kind of Flamed maple does Alembic use?
Post by: blackelan on January 15, 2009, 10:13:18 AM

My question is what kind of grade of flamed maple does Alembic use? I have only seen samples of the quilted kind on the woodbank part of the forum.
 
Is it always 5A flamed maple? Does 5A have to be specified on a order?
 
The reason I ask is my Custom shop Elan will have flamed maple with a dark black stain and I want something that looks really deep and 3d like a 5A grade maple.

Title: What kind of Flamed maple does Alembic use?
Post by: hydrargyrum on January 15, 2009, 02:44:17 PM

You can see the varieties available here:http://www.alembic.com/info/woodsamples.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/woodsamples.html).  I am sure if you tell Alembic what you are looking for, they can produce it.
 
(Message edited by hydrargyrum on January 15, 2009)

Title: What kind of Flamed maple does Alembic use?
Post by: adriaan on January 16, 2009, 12:54:34 AM

If you check the Custom Quote generator (http://www.alembic.com/cgi-bin/quote/quote target=_blank), for quilted maple they offer 3A and 5A grades.
 
For flame maple, I seem to remember they sometimes mention master grade, so there might be an upcharge for finer examples.

Title: What kind of Flamed maple does Alembic use?
Post by: mica on January 21, 2009, 07:48:44 PM

For tops, we use Western Flame Maple and it's always pretty. We don't generally grade it because it's always good. I don't bother putting Flame Maple in the woodbank, in slab or bookmatch form, it's not easy to distinguish one piece from another.