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Paul Burner
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Guys,

At the 11th hour I had a customer change his mind and decide on an Englemann Spruce top over the Master Grade Redwood top I had put aside for him.

I'm in need of something of very high quality and my usual go-to-guy - Zootman is only listing 2A and lower grades.

Suggestions for sources would be highly appreciated.

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Alex Kleon
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Hi Paul - you could try http://www.fine-woods.com/index.html. If you don't see anything suitable, you could try calling to see if they have tops that would be more to your liking. Good luck!

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Try Larry Stamm
http://www.larrystamm.com/

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I recently got some VERY nice bearclaw Engelmann from Bev Finch at Blue Silk. Looks like LaurieW got some similar from LMI. You can read about it and see photos here:

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Graham Hein at Kootenany Tonewood.
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Graham Hein at Kootenany Tonewood.
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+1 I believe Graham supplies LMI some or all of their Engelmann. Good stuff.
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Perhaps one of us could supply you with an older top, and very air tight packaged. You don't want to use some green or too wet set....

On Larry Stamm, I heard from a luthier he had some exceptional tops and I sent him an email about it, didn't even bother to reply.

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