....For all your woodturning and instrument building needs
We’ve just added some new items to the following sections of our wood store.
We have some spectacular bookmatched sets available. Whether you’re building your own custom electric or bass guitar, or having a custom builder do it for you, be sure to check them out!
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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.
In my opinion, spalted maple is one of the most beautiful woods available for wood workers. The unique characteristics of this wood make each piece a treasure.
Some of the most common questions about spalted maple are:
What is spalted maple?
Spalted maple is created when the wood is infected by a variety of fungi. Each unique fungus creates a different effect in the wood during the natural process of decay. If the wood is caught and processed at the right time, before it gets soft and punky, it can create a stunning mosaic of light and dark areas most often bordered by dark lines (inklines). This provides a striking visual contrast.
The best spalted maple come from trees that die while they are still standing. Standing trees spalt from the inside out and produce gorgeous color contrast and black inklines, while trees that spalt while they are already on the ground produce a different type of spalt that is usually softer and less stable.
Is spalted maple foodsafe?
After researching this topic in great length… this is what I found. If the wood is kiln dried, the fungi will go dormant or die. As long as you apply a durable foodsafe finish to your turning, the wood should be foodsafe. However, after having said that, I could not find any research with a solid conclusion either way. I also could not find any reported illnesses from using spalted wood in this manner. The only cautions I could find regarding the use of spalted wood were workshop related. The dust from the spalted maple and the warm damp climate of your lungs make for an ideal breeding ground for the fungi to come back to life. When you’re cutting or sanding any kind of spalted wood, please protect your lungs and use a respirator mask for your own health.