Specials
From time to time, we run into wood that is a bit above the norm, or different from the “run of the mill” stuff...
This “Specials” page is where you’ll find it....
Unless noted, the photos of the wood are of the actual piece being offered, and will
be marked “SOLD” ASAP after it is sold...
To purchase, email me or click the “Buy” button and we’ll go from
there...
Last updated 3/16/10...
All prices do not include s/h.
#203: Western Balsam Poplar
milled for cellos and violas.
Similar in weight and appearance
to the wood seen in some of the
old Italian instruments.
Violas 30.00.
Cellos 125.00.
Ribstock included.
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#223: I have a lot of these hand-
split billets in Alaskan Sitka Spruce
in various grainings. Some with
bearclaw.
For violin/mandolin...
Split in 2004. 280.00/dozen.
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#226: These are
indeed special.....
Two one piece curly redwood
archtop guitar tops milled
from the same billet.
Huge, strong figuring...
Measurements:
24" x 2.25" > 1.25" (i.e. wedge-
cut) thick x 19" wide....
400.00 for the pair.
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#255: I have quite a few of
these unfigured Bigleaf
maple cello backs cut
on the quarter.
Nice medularies.
125.00.
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#256: Hand-split unfigured cello
neck blocks to match #255 (above),
or poplar cello backs...
60.00 per. 10 available.
These would also be suitable for
milling 3 nice unfigured viola
backs from
each block....
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#266: A nice hand-split billet in
Redwood. Tight grain in the center,
widening on the lower bout...
10” thick at the arch, 14” wide.
Scaled at 3 archtop guitars.
225.00.
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#325: I have lots of these hand-split
Western Red Cedar billets, all split
from the same tree.
Tight graining, perfect split,
even in color. 3” of thickness on the
arch. Great for archtop guitars, or
resawing flattops...
100.00 per...
1000.00/dozen....
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#328: A nice set of Sitka
milled in the 80’s for arch-
top guitar...
Wide grain---5-6 GPI or so...
75.00...
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#339: A nice set of curly
Red maple for a Les Paul
top. End-to-end book-
match, with authentic-
looking wormtrack...
I have lots of these...
65.00.
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#340: A bookmatched cello
top in wide-grained Sitka
spruce, milled in 2004...
Each plate is 16.5” wise, so
I’m scaling these at 2 one-
piece cello tops. They would
also make a two-piece cello,
plus 4 2-piece viola tops...
200.00.
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#341: A nice set for cello in Sitka
spruce, milled in 2004...
Each plate is 2.75” thick, so you
can get 2 cellos out of this set...
150.00.
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