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Birdseye Maple Burl Guitar Drop Tops

To order items from this page, please CONTACT US with the item number(s) that you’re interested in.

Birdseye Maple Burl (acer macrophyllum) Our burl sets are air dried and then professionally resawn to 3/8″ on our computerized Grizzly Horizontal Resaw. If you’re looking for something in a different thickness, please let us know…we will do custom cutting if we have the wood available.

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Spalted Maple Burl guitar drop top, loaded with gorgeous detail (pictured above)
ITEM #401 SOLD
21″ x 15″ x 3/8″ (Has a soft area on the outside corner on one end that falls outside the template area)
$49.99 USD

Spalted Maple Burl guitar drop top set, loaded with gorgeous detail (pictured above)
ITEM #402 SOLD
21″ x 15″ x 3/8″ (Has a soft area on the outside corner on one end that falls outside of the template area and a soft area on the face of each piece that will need to be filled. Click the picture for a close up view)
$29.99 USD

Spalted Maple Burl guitar drop top, STUNNING WOOD! (pictured above)
ITEM #403 SOLD
20 3/4″ x 15 1/2″ x 3/8″
$49.99 USD

Spalted Maple Burl guitar drop top, loaded with incredible detail (pictured above)
ITEM #404 SOLD
20 3/4″ x 15 1/2″ x 3/8″ (Has a soft area on the outside corner on one end that falls outside of the template area. Dark spots are color, not bark… click the picture for a close up view)
$49.99 USD

Spalted Maple Burl guitar drop top, AMAZING SET (pictured above)
ITEM #405 SOLD
22″ x 17 1/2″ x 3/8″
$49.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, loaded with incredible eyes (pictured above)
ITEM #406 SOLD
20″ x 14″ x 3/8″
$89.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, a stunning work of mother nature (pictured above)
ITEM #407
20″ x 14″ x 3/8″
$89.99 USD

Spalted Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, loaded with incredible eyes (pictured above)
ITEM #408 SOLD
22″ x 17 1/2″ x 3/8″ (There’s a soft spot on the face of each side that falls outside the template.Click the picture for a close up view))
$49.99 USD

Spalted Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, Gorgeous Wood! (pictured above)
ITEM #409 SOLD
22″ x 17 1/2″ x 3/8″
$49.99 USD

Spalted Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, Gorgeous Detail! (pictured above)
ITEM #410 SOLD
20″ x 17 1/2″ x 3/8″
$49.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, Unique! (pictured above)
ITEM #411 SOLD
18″ x 14 1/2″ x 3/8″(this set has some bark inclusions which may require some filling depending on the body style you choose)
$39.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, Matching set to #411 (pictured above)
ITEM #412
18″ x 14 1/2″ x 3/8″ (this set has some bark inclusions which may require some filling depending on the body style you choose)
$39.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, loaded with birdseye figure (pictured above)
ITEM #413
20″ x 15″ x 3/8″
$89.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top, BEAUTIFUL WOOD (pictured above)
ITEM #414 SOLD
20″ x 15″ x 3/8″
$89.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top . Loaded with eyes and golden maple color. (pictured above)
ITEM #415
19″ x 14 1/2″ x 3/8″
$89.99 USD

Birdseye Maple Burl guitar drop top. Another gift from mother nature! (pictured above)
ITEM #416
19″ x 14 1/2″ x 3/8″
$89.99 USD

Featured Artist – Stan Shields, The Inventing Shed

The Inventing Shed is a custom guitar workshop in Ashland Massachusetts. Stan Shields is a life-long guitar player and woodworker who combined his two interests in 2005 to found the company:

We design and build semi-hollow and solid body electric guitar bodies. Musicians wishing to assemble their own custom guitar buy a body from us, pickups and other hardware from other suppliers and do the finishing and assembly themselves. We provide a way for someone lacking the tools and expertise to create a one-of a-kind guitar they can be proud of.

Most designs are two pieces, the back is Alder or Basswood that is chambered for tone and weight-reduction. The tops are bookmatched curly or quilt maple or a variety of other interesting species.

Each body is configured for the particular bridge, controls and pickups the customer wants to use. We try to build a unique product that customers won’t find at the large production builders.

If you would like to learn more about Stan or The Inventing Shed, please visit the link below.

Stan Shields
The Inventing Shed

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Spalted Maple Electric Guitar Drop Tops

To order items from this page, please CONTACT US with the item number(s) that you’re interested in.

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Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 201 SOLD
23″ x 7 1/4″ x 3/8″ each side
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 202 SOLD
23″ x 7 1/4″ x 3/8″ each side
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 203 SOLD
24″ x 7 1/2″ x 3/8″ each side
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 204 SOLD
24″ x 7 1/2″ x 3/8″ each side (there’s a 2″ crack in the spalt at one end of the set)
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 205
24″ x 7 5/8″ x 3/8″ each side (there’s a 2″ crack in the spalt at one end of the set)
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 206 SOLD
24″ x 7 1/2″ x 3/8″ each side
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with excellent color contrast and inklines (pictured above)
ITEM 207 SOLD
21″ x 7″ to 6 7/8″ x 3/8″ each side
$49.99 USD

Spalted Curly Maple Guitar Top set with gorgeous color, inklines and figure (pictured above)
ITEM 208 SOLD
21″ x 7″ to 6 7/8″ x 3/8″ each side
$49.99 USD

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Electric Guitar Wood – Tops for Sale

We offer a selection of bookmatched sets for flat tops, drop tops and carved tops in curly maple, spalted maple, quilted maple and maple burl. Beautiful wood for building that one of a kind guitar.

Our wood is dried in a dehumidification kiln to 12%mc and then professionally resawn on a Grizzly Horizontal Resaw.

We’re constantly adding new items to our wood store inventory… please bookmark this page and check back often…we’ll be posting some spectacular electric guitar tops!