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Alembic products => Wood Bank => Quilted Maple 5A => Topic started by: mica on November 11, 2004, 12:24:20 PM

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles (SOLD)
Post by: mica on November 11, 2004, 12:24:20 PM

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Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: palembic on November 11, 2004, 12:41:46 PM

And after the can of sausages you you used to much soap in your bath????

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: masonh on January 03, 2008, 08:32:22 PM

how can i buy some wood here?i am new.

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: adriaan on January 04, 2008, 01:28:37 AM

The only way to buy the wood on display here is to let Alembic build you a guitar or bass out of it.

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: Bradley Young on January 04, 2008, 06:48:43 AM

Mason,
 
There are vendors that sell exotic hardwoods on the Internet-- gilmerwood.com is one.

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: lidon2001 on January 04, 2008, 08:23:02 AM

Welcome Mason,
 
Here's a couple more:
 
www.galleryhardwoods.com (http://www.galleryhardwoods.com)
 
www.globalwoodsource.com
 
 
It took about 6-8 weeks for a vendor to find the piece I wanted, so finding the right piece can take time.
 
(Message edited by lidon2001 on January 04, 2008)

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: 57basstra on December 12, 2008, 07:05:20 PM

I am partial to maple. Check my profile. The Alembic 6 string guitar is Myrtle. The Alembic basses are maple.

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: jazzyvee on March 16, 2011, 09:29:51 AM

What does the A rating mean on quilted maple. I have seen this mentioned on threads before like 3A and 5A?
 
Jazzyvee

Title: 3641 Tiny Bubbles
Post by: mica on March 16, 2011, 10:11:34 AM

From: http://www.alembic.com/info/wood_premium.html (http://www.alembic.com/info/wood_premium.html)
 
3A Quilted Maple pictured on a Signature Standard bass. Quilted Maple gives a lovely brightness, with a distinctive 'shimmer' to the decaying sound. The figuring covers at least 75% of the face.
 
5A Quilted Maple pictured on a custom Series II 7-string bass. It has the same tonal characteristics as 3A Quilt, but the figuring is much more intense and covers at least 95% of the face. Each quilt is deeply incised and looks 3-dimensional, with sizes ranging from small coins to large capsules that span the entire width of the body.
 
These ratings for figure are not official in any way except by the person/body issuing them, so you can't always compare ratings between guitar manufacturers.  
 
The National Hardwood Lumber Association has grading that is standardized, but not for figured woods. There's a little bit about their grading system  here (http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Basic_lumber_grades.html)