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John How
 Post subject: A burst surprise
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This top showed no sign of anything unusual when it was white, but as soon as I applied the first stain it expoded with the pattern you see. I just thought it was pretty cool although I covered some of it with my shading, anyway, thanks for looking.
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Sapwood in the center...
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John,

I really like the bursts you do - gives the guitars a very "warm" look, and IMO very classy look.

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That is about the prettiest burst that I have ever seen John! [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]
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Awesome, John.
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Hey John,

That looks the wood had some "curl" in it. Like mild bearclaw. It would stain differently as the localised density would be different. It is indeed a cool effect! What kind of spruce is it?

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Oo-la-la!

Nice burst!
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That's beautiful! I bet it'll look even better with a few coats of gloss on top.

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That does look nice John ! A very cool surprise eh? :D

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magnifique~! [:Y:]

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Beautiful!! kind of looks reminiscent of a chest x-ray. ;) ..... Still, fabulous colors in that sunburst

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Shane Neifer wrote:
Hey John,

That looks the wood had some "curl" in it. Like mild bearclaw. It would stain differently as the localised density would be different. It is indeed a cool effect! What kind of spruce is it?

Shane


Thanks guys, This is an addy top and it did have just a bit of bearclaw which is the source of this color variation. You could barely see the figure in the wood before the burst was applied. I just thought it looked cool though.

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What a cool surprise. It looks well loved already. I wouldn't say I hate bursts, but....
But as for this one, I really like it. It's going to be sweet when its done.

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