Show us your flat sawn tops

V!N · 09-02-2009, 04:50 AM

Let's see some of that complex figure and quivering grain !

Danelectro · 09-02-2009, 11:26 AM

Danelectro · 09-02-2009, 11:32 AM

V!N · 09-02-2009, 12:35 PM

Ah yes, that's the sort of thing.

Beautiful !

***b-squared*** · 09-02-2009, 12:37 PM

Gorgeous guitars, guys!

-=[Shifty]=- · 09-02-2009, 01:16 PM

Oh sweet. I love tops like those!

Danelectro · 09-02-2009, 02:48 PM

V!N · 09-02-2009, 03:14 PM

Come on Dano, that one is mostly quarter sawn.
You can do better than that !

Are any of those guitars yours by the way ?

Danelectro · 09-02-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by V!N

Come on Dano, that one is mostly quarter sawn.
You can do better than that !

Are any of those guitars yours by the way ?

Picky picky picky.

Agreed, quarter sawn on the bass side, but flat on the treble. Check out the island surrounding the controls.

They are my guitars BTW. Life is good.

V!N · 09-02-2009, 04:22 PM

Wow, I am speechless !

That is an awesome collection you got there, my friend. Thank you for sharing ! Did you select them by their tops or was this a lucky coincidence ?

BOBBO · 09-02-2009, 04:59 PM

Danelectro · 09-02-2009, 06:43 PM

Well, since plaintops are fair game, I've also got this one with a big "eye" on the bass side.

Morphine · 09-02-2009, 06:51 PM

That counts ? (I really dont know whats a "Flat Sawn Top")

snaredrum · 09-02-2009, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Danelectro

i honestly don't know whether to applaud or cry. i may do both.

lovely

steven21042 · 09-02-2009, 07:41 PM

OMG........OMG........between the DanOOOh & the Morph-fiend I must say I've NEVER SEEN ANYTHING FINER. Now, if they SOUND & PLAY as good as they LOOK....

pinefd · 09-02-2009, 09:02 PM

This one has some pretty insane flatsawn grain, but the flame makes it kinda hard to see. I'm showing a pretty large image to make it a little easier to see the grain.

Frank

Danelectro · 09-03-2009, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morphine

That counts ? (I really dont know whats a "Flat Sawn Top")

Morphine · 09-03-2009, 11:47 AM

Thanks a lot for the info Dan'o !!! Very interesting ...

Danelectro · 09-03-2009, 04:34 PM

Check out the flatsawn patch on THIS beauty at Marks

V!N · 09-03-2009, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinefd

This one has some pretty insane flatsawn grain, but the flame makes it kinda hard to see. I'm showing a pretty large image to make it a little easier to see the grain.

http://www.mylespaul.com/gallery/dat...G_8816_800.jpg

Frank

Insane indeed, the grain is all over the place.

It's a textbook example of the articles in Beauty of the Burst that Dano posted: "Both grain and figure become complex."

V!N · 09-03-2009, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danelectro

Check out the flatsawn patch on THIS beauty at Marks

That one is wild ! Just look how the very fine quarter sawn grain in the center gradually open up into flat sawn ripples on the treble side. There's nothing gradually opening up on the bass side.

The grain EXPLODES into those beautiful rings. Truly gorgeous !

Morphine · 09-03-2009, 05:22 PM

With some "straight lines" ! Is thats a Rift Sawn ?

Liam · 09-03-2009, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Morphine

With some "straight lines" ! Is thats a Rift Sawn ?

Yes, but I for one will let you off for the lovely photo of a beautiful looking guitar.

alk-3 · 09-03-2009, 05:49 PM

solsurfr · 09-03-2009, 09:17 PM

Danelectro · 09-03-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by alk-3

Woah!!! Back up a minute! Just exactly are we looking at here???

alk-3 · 09-03-2009, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danelectro

Woah!!! Back up a minute! Just exactly are we looking at here???

Okay okay, you caught me. It's not a historic....

Danelectro · 09-04-2009, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alk-3

Okay okay, you caught me. It's not a historic....

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you share you technique for aging the inlays? I've installed HM inlays into a couple of my Historics. The first set came out perfect, actually too perfect, so on the subsequent set I tried to not be so exact about installing them, although they still came out too clean too looking. I did manage to get a little browning on the edges by using Duco glue, which melts the edges of the celluloid a bit and leaches color from the rosewood. Still, real inlays typically have lots of filler and are curled and shrunken.

Next attempt...

A little better...

Cookie-boy · 09-04-2009, 09:49 AM

V!N · 09-05-2009, 07:29 AM

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V!N Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Working on De-Railroad Posts: 4,084 Thanks: 79 Thanked 113 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Show us your flat sawn tops Wow, I am speechless ! That is an awesome collection you got there, my friend. Thank you for sharing ! Did you select them by their tops or was this a lucky coincidence ? __________________ I've been driving all night, my hands wet on the wheel.

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Danelectro V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,649 Thanks: 0 Thanked 59 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Show us your flat sawn tops Well, since plaintops are fair game, I've also got this one with a big "eye" on the bass side.

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