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David LaPlante
 Post subject: #102 Completed
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Another maple guitar, this time U.S. eastern domestic bird's eye maple.
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Stephen Boone
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George L
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Simply exquisite, David. Incredibly inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

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Steve Kinnaird
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I love maple, and love seeing what you do with it.
Wonderful guitar...thanks for sharing!

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Colin North
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Outstanding work David.

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Darryl Young
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Very nice! You are in rare air with over 100 under your belt.......

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Beth Mayer
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Beautiful, David. Thanks for sharing!
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MaxBishop
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Beautiful guitar, David. I just bought a set of birdseye maple. I have wanted to build a guitar of birdseye for ages. Any peculiarities in dealing with it? Bending, etc.?

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douglas ingram
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Tasty, David, real tasty. Its amazing how much you can get done once you retire, no?

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really nice and very inspiring!!

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Maple seems to be popular for you, David. Another beauty. Nice work.

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Jim Watts
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David LaPlante
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Thanks all!
Max, Birdseye is really easy to work with. I use a thicknessing sander to guage it so no problem there.
The sides on this one were actually a test set which I got from a supplier to bend for practice before bending some very expensive Bosnian Bird's eye (my #96).
It turned out to be a breeze because the grain is so interlocking that it does not have the weak fracture areas that you can find in fiddleback figuring.
The only other concern was chip outs when routing for bindings but that turned out to not be a problem as well.
I love the fact that there are no grain pores on this stuff and thus it takes FP very well (smells like popcorn when you sand it too).
I'm not a big fan of fancy woods but I must admit that there is an attraction for some and if it helps them to want a guitar, so be it.

Best!!
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Super nice guitar!!!!!!

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Gary L
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Boy, that is tasty, David! I would love to play that one.
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A beautiful guitar !!
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Maple never looked so good and the bridge plate is elegant - nice design!! [clap] [clap] [clap]
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David LaPlante wrote:
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REALLY nice looking guitar, as always!!!
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Arnt Rian
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Lovely guitar, David. Congrats!

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David Wren
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Gorgeous work ... especially love the center strip on the peghead veneer and the detail work on the bridge tie-block!
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stunning work!

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Oh my that is pretty. Wish I could hear it.
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I admire the work ethic as well.

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