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Old 11-07-2021, 07:09 AM
Fathand Fathand is offline
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I had to recheck. The set is curly maple, not quilted. He has inventory pics of available tonewoods and all are quartered more or less.
Yes, curly shows best on quartered stock.

I was able to buy dressed 3/4 x 7.5" soft curly maple at $7.75 linear foot. I bought 5 ft and cut 2 back /side sets out of it and a telecaster neck.
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Old 11-14-2021, 05:27 PM
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Hard maple is definitely slower to sand down or carve than softer woods but can certainly be worth it. I've used locally sourced hard maple for sides and backs. I use soft maple on other woodworking projects but not guitars.
I've heard it said that maple gives a brighter tone to the guitar. Taylor Guitars has lots to say about how they think the different tone woods affect the sound.
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Old 11-14-2021, 10:27 PM
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Many of my mandolin family instruments have big leaf maple - a local soft maple here in the PNW. It sounds great to me.
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