Show us the Quilts!

[Chewie5150]

Not sure there's a quilt top appreciation thread so let's see them quilts! Here's my modest Charvel DK24

 

[notalemming]

Hartung Embrace. I love quilt!

 

[GLiDE BPM]

PRS Wood Library MEV satin




PRS Artist Quilt 509 Wood Library Brian's PRS Forum Guitar Run

 

[∞Fractals]

From a board in my garage

Pipedream Fretworks Chopped6

 

[rcm78]

 

[Tomr]

Here is my Anderson Cobra S, which plays as good as it looks.

 

[unix-guy]

Charvel USA Select DK-24:


Tom Anderson Lil Angel:


Tom Anderson Hollow Drop Top:

 

[AtomicJeff]

 

[fractalz]

I'm am so picky about book matching that quilted/flamed tops I like have been quite difficult to find. Here's what I have settled on:

 

[Rex]

I'm am so picky about book matching that quilted/flamed tops I like have been quite difficult to find.

You'll never find that perfect bookmatch, because it's physically impossible to achieve it.

First, there's the fact that a bookmatch is created by splitting the wood down the middle and folding one end away from the other. That means that the two pieces of wood are upside down from each other. As a result, the figuring runs in opposite directions; where the grain is coming out of the wood on one side, it's going into the wood on the other side.

Second, while splitting the wood, the saw destroys a thin layer of wood where the two sides meet. So the two sides of the bookmatch were never in contact with each other in the original piece.


You have some nice guitars, though.

 

[fractalz]

You'll never find that perfect bookmatch, because it's physically impossible to achieve it.

First, there's the fact that a bookmatch is created by splitting the wood down the middle and folding one end away from the other. That means that the two pieces of wood are upside down from each other. As a result, the figuring runs in opposite directions; where the grain is coming out of the wood on one side, it's going into the wood on the other side.

Second, while splitting the wood, the saw destroys a thin layer of wood where the two sides meet. So the two sides of the bookmatch were never in contact with each other in the original piece.


You have some nice guitars, though.

Yeah, I realize it's a technical challenge. I've been really pleased with the work the Ibanez custom shop in Japan has done.

 

[Liam Thompson]

2008 PRS Custom 22 Artist Package with all rosewood neck.

 

[FredBeck]

 

[GLiDE BPM]

Some dang fine quiltwood in here!!!!!

 

[Toopy14]

Here’s mine.

 

[unscarred]

Here’s my Suhr Custom Modern

 

[unscarred]

Sold this one unfortunately.

 

[Chewie5150]

You just don't see many guitar makers these days putting out quilts unless you're paying premium for spec'd out guitars and I'd love to do that one day with an Anderson or Suhr

 

[FiddlerTheDrum]

Here’s mine.

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Was waiting for that. My Mom and Aunt in a wrestling match to post their quilts too if I showed them this

 

[bchulse]