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Hey, glad I checked back. Thanks mucho for the tips.
Larry, I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same Carters. (Not the ones in the Whtie House, but Craig and Alicia. Well, she's remarried now, so....)

Every once in a while I take that top out, wipe it with some Acetone, and that stuff washes right away. Which is comforting. But the fact that it can ooze back again is a little disquieting. I thought a sealing of shellac would stop it for good. Baking never occurred to me. I may indeed try that.

Thanks again,
Steve

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Very interesting to me. I bought some tight grained D.F. from a lumber yard, then thicknessed them, and found the runout to be at almost a 45 degree angle! So i never did anything with them. Someday I plan on trying it out, with a better piece of wood. I did however, make a solid body electric (duh!) out of DF, with a koa neck, and that is my favorite elec. (aka "bottom feeder") git to play. I think the wood used on an electric git has a lot to do with the tone of it. So is it the koa, the fir, or the pick-ups, I don't know. Alan.

 

Alan, to solve your dilemma, start removing things from your guitar piece at a time. You could try the neck first, then see how it sounds. Or take out the pickups first, and check the sound. A bit tricky, but if you want, remove the D. Fir body and see what she sounds like then. That way, you will have conclusive proof of what is contributing to your favored sound.

I know...

Steve

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[QUOTE=Steve Kinnaird] Hey, glad I checked back. Thanks mucho for the tips.
Larry, I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same Carters. (Not the ones in the Whtie House, but Craig and Alicia. Well, she's remarried now, so....)Thanks again,
Steve[/QUOTE]

yep..I finally remembered Alicia's name. I looked into buying their resaw, but it was 3 phase motor. The "other" Carter has 2 x 4's.

[QUOTE=Larry Davis] The "other" Carter has 2 x 4's.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but he also builds fine furniture! Hmmm...maybe we could interest him in lutherie--now that'd be cool!

[QUOTE=Steve Kinnaird]I thought a sealing of shellac would stop it for good.[/QUOTE]
Ummm, you tried it and it didn't? I've got some "pitch-y" Spanish cedar neck stock, and now you've got me worried!!!

Ooooh, sorry Carlton to have worried you.
No, I have not sealed the top yet, I was only thinking that a sealer coat would stop the bleeding.

In fact, I've used some sappy Purpleheart in the past, and the sealer coat stopped the bleeding just fine.
I s'pose I was sort of concerned about bracing that particular top, and would there be any adhesion prob's. I guess no more so than on cocobolo, right?

Again--apologies.

Steve

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Whew! Thanks, Steve. Good question about gluing braces on a top that's leaching sap (or a fingerboard on leaching neck stock). I don't know if it can be treated the same way as oily wood--prepare and then glue right away. I've never heard of it being a problem, though.