Usually, it's called 'flame' maple: This is the stripey maple seen on primo Les Paul tops, where most people have seen it. Violins (and their descencants, the f-hole jazz guitars) usually have back and sides made from it, as well as some acoustics, like Gibson Jumbos. It's called 'fiddle-back' maple from this, or a name I must have picked up along the way, 'tiger stripe'. It's a no cost ALEMBIC top wood, often overlooked after all the dark woods and quilt maple.
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