I want the finest you ever cut.

[TrollSpiel]

I'm after a slab of wood. I could go to timberline and pick any exotic I like, but I thought i'd see what my milling peers might have on offer.

 

It's for a guitar body, a new shreading axe I want to make for myself. Must be exceptional quality, totally dry and super stable. Older the better, too. 2" thick.

 

I dont know what you guys might have tucked away, could be something fancy straight grained, or some wild maple, or something quilted / ripple. Hardwoods only.

 

should look as nice as this bit of bubinga - hopefully 10 times nicer!

[Rich Rule]

you looking to book match the guitar body?

[TrollSpiel]

possibly Rich, depends on what wood i get. I'm no lover of the PRS quilted bookmatch look, but if something as cool as this appeared, then yeah, I'd have to.

 

It's not something that has to match like a custom shop PRS 50yr old bit of bookmatched wood, cos i'm just chucking an ibanez wizard two neck on it, I just want a FINE looking bit of timber - and I have nowt in my own collection.

[wills-mill]

Tricky one... lump of pinky burr quartersawn London Plane would blow most people's socks off. Failing that a crazy mindwarp chunk of Yew (if you can live with a conifer). Yew is at it's craziest and most colourful when there's metal in the timber- all sorts of purples and blues going on.....

[TrollSpiel]

Hi Wills - I was thinking of the QS plane, and I have a few big lumps - but I dont wanna wait two years! The yew, I cut some wild wild yew too, full of eyes and flames, purlpe streaks and all manner of forest beings souls imbued within it - it's that I made that saurons throne out of.

 

I want something, silkier. something that makes you want to touch it.

[kev_s]

Got some big lumps of mahogany that you could look at.

 

Kev

 

I bought it from a man in colchester who had been storing it for 10 plus years

[TrollSpiel]

Thank Kev, for taking the time to offer. That wood gives a nice rich tone, but I would like something a little wilder looking.

[Rob D]

Not around at the mo but if you have no joy in a couple of weeks I'll have a good look through what I have....

[mistahbenn]

Heres a pic of my bass, spalted maple.....

[TrollSpiel]

Yowza! That's nice.