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Anybody ever see a flame maple top that goes vertically instead of the standard horizontal? I've got this idea for a top on a 7-string Carvin I want to order soon, but I can't remember if I've ever seen a guitar like this. If anyone can provide pics or links of guitars with tops like that, I'd appreciate it. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Re: Flame maple vertical tops instead of horizontal??
I've never seen one. I don't think it would be a very popular option because the bookmatched flametops look so damn cool. I guess if you could find flame maple stock in a wide enough width to cover a whole top, or even a veneer, you could certainly do it. -
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Well, if you want your 7 string to look like poo, then go ahead and get it done with vertical stripes.Comment
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don't hold back, Travis. Tell us how you really feel...ha ha ha.Comment
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Re: Flame maple vertical tops instead of horizonta
But I hear vertical stripes are slimming. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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Didn't Gibson make some burst LP's with the grain on top going the other way instead of book matching? They always looked odd to me.Scott
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Re: Flame maple vertical tops instead of horizonta
How will the vertical stripes be thinning if the guitar is held nearly horizontal when you're playing it? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Just kidding! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]Comment
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Re: Flame maple vertical tops instead of horizonta
I don't know. I think I remember some candy stripe model they did with the stripes that way, but can't remember the wood grain on anything else going that way. I was just watching the Queensryhce Live Evolution video yesterday and Kelly Gray was playing a sunburst ESP Eclipse that had some really cool grain going vertically and I thought it was neat, got me thinking of something like that with a flametop.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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How will the vertical stripes be thinning if the guitar is held nearly horizontal when you're playing it? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Just kidding! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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Oh yeah, I didn't think of that! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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