Queensland Maple Electric Guitar Drop Top #208 - Highly Figured

In stock
SKU
TI-121-208
$290.00
Individually photographed - the set in the photo is the set you will receive. The photo in darker shade is photographed with alcohol applied to surface to replicate finished colour. - Drop-top for a solidbody electric guitar or bass - Highly figured with nice colour - Thicknessed to minimum 5.5mm - Two halves minimum 651mm long x 197mm wide A droptop is decorative top used on the front of an electric guitar or bass body. Drop-tops are thinner than the caps used for carved-top guitars but thicker than a veneer. Usually a plain timber is used for the main part of the body with the drop-top laminated on the front surface. Queensland Maple has been used for many years in the Australian guitar industry. Australian guitar manufacturer Maton have used this timber in their electric guitars for several decades. The Queensland Maple pieces we stock for drop-tops and caps exhibit beautiful figuring, which gives a finished instrument a stunning look The timber is lightweight and stable. It is easy to work with but care must be taken and sharp tools must be used to avoid chipping, as with any figured timber.
Quality - We have the highest quality Queensland Maple available, these tops are stable, free from flaws and exhibit very beautiful figure.

Look - Figured Queensland Maple has a look from flame to quilt to marble. Colour is generally a pinky orange but can have grey hues.

Price - The price is very reasonable when compared to other tonewoods of its quality and beauty, because Queensland Maple is a local timber we can supply premium tops at a reasonable price.

Availability/Renewability - Good quality Queensland Maple is beginning to become scarce as less of the timber is being cut each year. Our sets come from naturally grown trees. There are plantations of Queensland maple but the timber is quite plain and not as stable as old growth timber.
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Species Queensland Maple
Part of Instrument Top/Soundboard
For Instrument Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar