b'Quilted Maple Magician With all the problems that hardwoodsI call it - youll understand if you haveof the Maple I think the contrast is give me health wise, it really is goodjust started to bend highly figuredsoftened. With a Maple guitar, I do to come home covered in white dustMaple, and the telephone rings, orlike to use Maple for the neck as well, rather than black or brown dust oncesomeone taps you on the shoulder.which is all well and good if I were in a while. Think Gordon Ramsay. shaping it by machine, but it is really That really is one of the reasons thatIsnt it amazing that a natural treehard work on the poor old hands, so I agreed to make this guitar, and thecan offer this sort of beauty?TheI used Mahogany for this one.One chance to use quilted rather thanbindings are Ebony, I would usuallyway or another, this guitar was a bit fiddle back wood took some of thefind such a contrast in colour ratherof a holiday for me.telephone stress away. Thats whatstark, but with the heavy quilt figure 343'