Alder is the most common body wood used by Fender and is found in most stratocasters. It’s a standard body wood for solid body guitars and basses, and is one of the most popular because of its light weight, balanced tonal response and good resonance. While Alder is known for great Blues and Rock tones, it is very flexible, making for a very adaptable guitar that can fit most musical styles.

The guitar in this video has an alder body that exudes warm, midrange tones while the quilted maple top not only looks great but adds some bright articulation. The perfect balance! This video gives you a really good example of the type of sound you can expect from an alder body guitar with a maple top.

 

 

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All of the items on this page are sold - We have a new selection of Curly Maple and Spalted Maple DROP TOP - BOOKMATCHED SETS in our WOOD STORE

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #0478 SOLD

Price $29.99 USD

Measurements 25″ x 15.5″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7.75″ wide for a total width of 15.5″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with excellent color and figure. This will make an incredible one of a kind guitar top.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #5713 SOLD

Price $29.99 USD

Measurements 24.5″ x 15″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7.5″ wide for a total width of 15″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with striking color and figure. This will make a stunning one of a kind guitar top.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #4375 SOLD

Price $29.99 USD

Measurements 22″ x 13″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 6.5″ wide for a total width of 13″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with striking color and figure. This will make a stunning one of a kind guitar top.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #0369 SOLD

Price $24.99 USD

Measurements 25″ x 14.5″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7.25″ wide for a total width of 14.5″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with nice color and figure.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #9439 SOLD

Price $29.99 USD

Measurements 25.75″ x 13″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 6.5″ wide for a total width of 13″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with striking color and figure. This will make a stunning one of a kind guitar top.

White Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

SOLD

Price $29.99 USD

Measurements 24″ x 13″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 6.5″ wide for a total width of 13″)

Beautiful creamy white flatsawn curly maple. Free matching piece included for headstock or whatever you like.

Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

SOLD

Price $24.99 USD

Measurements 23.5″ x 14″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7″ wide for a total width of 14″)

Nicely figured curly maple with a slight color contrast.

Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

SOLD

Price $24.99 USD

Measurements 23.5″ x 14″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7″ wide for a total width of 14″)

Nicely figured curly maple with some color contrast.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #6226 SOLD

Price $39.99 USD

Measurements 24″ x 15″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7.5″ wide for a total width of 15″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with striking color and figure. This will make a stunning one of a kind guitar top.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #5704 SOLD

Price $29.99 USD

Measurements 24″ x 15″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 7.5″ wide for a total width of 15″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with striking color and figure. This will make a stunning one of a kind guitar top.

Spalted Curly Maple Bookmatched Set

Item #7893 SOLD

Price $39.99 USD

Measurements 24″ x 13″ x 3/8″

(Each side measures 6.5″ wide for a total width of 13″)

Beautiful solid spalted maple with striking color contrast and inklines. This will make a stunning one of a kind guitar top.