Spalted, And Figured Maple

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=250 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Singing Trees"><U>Back to singing trees</U></A></div> <div> Why would anyone EVER want to paint an instrument, when there is wood like this!?!?</div> <div> Spalt wood is actually the product of a dead or decaying tree. </div> <div> The dark lines are created by fungal invasion. </div> <div>  Each piece of Spalted maple is quite unique.</div> <div> Who knows, this 5A beautiful top could end up on your very own TK!</div> <div> The next piece down,  is a Maple lace burl...</div> <div> Burl is pretty much a tumor (or cancer) that has formed on a tree.</div> <div> Often it has a warmer tone then most maples.</div> <div> And because it has so many open pores within the grains it can be very resonant! </div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script>  </div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> Spalted, And Figured Maple</div> <div> <B>| </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Birdseye Maple"><U><B>Birdseye Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quilt Maple"><U><B>Quilt Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flame Maple"><U><B>Flame Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Spalted, And Figured Maple</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swamp Ash"><U><B>Swamp Ash</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alder"><U><B>Alder</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mahogany"><U><B>Mahogany</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cocobolo"><U><B>Cocobolo</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Macassar Ebony"><U><B>Macassar Ebony</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bocote"><U><B>Bocote</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goncolo Alves"><U><B>Goncolo Alves</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras Rosewood"><U><B>Honduras Rosewood</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bloodwood"><U><B>Bloodwood</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purpleheart"><U><B>Purpleheart</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lacewood"><U><B>Lacewood</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ziricote"><U><B>Ziricote</B></U></A><B>  |</B></div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="724" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 84 WIDTH="712"><div> <B>Please Note:</B></div> <div> Many of the wood samples seen within this gallery have already been processed into instrument parts (bodies, necks etc. )  </div> <div> Therefore, individual selections are unable to be chosen from the wood photos seen within these pages...</div> <div> However, if you have a certain piece that you really like, I will do my best to find a similar piece for you, from my constantly changing selection of woods. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="hollow_27db.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hollow (Daryl Buckley)"><U><IMG SRC="f1e30c40.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> click on photo for more info</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="f7a32d70.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="37cf4dd0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> Maple lace burl</div> <div> <A HREF="e_bass_524.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EBass 524"><U><I><IMG SRC="f0790d30.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="f08d6590.jpg" border=0 width="214" height="601" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="f094c590.jpg" border=0 width="76" height="601" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>