i found this in my grandmas attic. no joke.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:02 pm

ok so, its not a guitar, but rather wood. what type of wood?
well lets see.
curly maple, flame maple, birdseye maple, walnut,
all the peices have bee air drying for over 50 years in my grandma's attic, it was stored there by another family member who was a wood worker.
you are not going to believe what im showing you.

i cleaned off a random board that appeard black(dust and dirt from 50 years of air drying)
and this is what i found.

there is a big nasty piece, about 5 inches thick 8 inches wide and 20+inches tall and i couldn't tell what it was, but i brought it home and started to thickness sand it and it turns out its a giant fucking piece of flamed maple that is NICE! i thought about selling the piece to an arch top builder for a mint, but since it came from the family i will just hold onto it and use it in 30 years.

i ended up cutting a peice of flame maple that was 11 1/2 feet long, about 14 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches thick cuz it was warped out ina few spots.

i got some really nice peices out of it tho

newplayerkc · Post by **newplayerkc** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:23 pm

Wow couldn't think of a better christmas present than that. Are you going to start ROBERT GUITARS INC. ?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:30 pm

Thousands of $$ there Rob, i could'nt think of a better guy to find it either

That birds eye looks beautiful.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:58 pm

it came at a a great time too. since i have all my funds already wrapped up in the big move to aenville i didn't much to buy wood before i left, but now im set for at least a few guitars.
im replacing my paper right now and sanding down a big nasty block, pics to come, it will be b'dass.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:49 pm

hilariously awesome.

i have never found SHIT in any attic.

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:22 pm

I love wood. Alder, Swamp ash, mahogany, Brazilian rosewood, oak... just finding some flaming maple like that is awesome! I like it when you send wood through the planer and it smells like popcorn

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:40 pm

primavera smells like popcorn piss!
it stinks!
mahog always reminded me of burnt cinnamon, usually becuz i left my coffee out and the dust got in.
zircotti kinda smells like chocolate.
and zebra wood smells like straight up baby poop.
at anyrate, this is the big ass peice that i couldn't tell what it was, it looked worse that this!

at that point i had run it thru a few times and burned up the paper.
but while i was at it i measured how thick it was, its a bit over 3 inches according to my trusty 6 incher.

this is with the grain raised with and without flash.
its some pretty fucking wood and someday it will make a fine carved back.

i like this part becuz there is still bark on the wood, makes you remember that it was once a big tall tree.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:44 pm

You should definitely sell some of it. Make some awesome stuff out of it, too. But there are guys who will pay top dollar for flamed maple that size that is already dry like that. Use the money to buy less ornate but tonally as good wood and think of it as finding 10x as much wood.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:47 pm

i might sell some of it, buti doubt it at the same time, just becuz it has a good family history to it, and its what my parents dinner table is made out of(it was a wedding gift)
and the same wood was used to make my grandmothers dinner table about 30 years prior for her wedding present.
so perhaps i will make a dinner table, build a guitar or 2, save some, and sell the rest.
trust me, there is alot of fucking wood.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:44 pm

my dad made all the tables and cabinets in his house (in Tennessee) from 200-year-old barn wood. he's got a big stash of old wood like that. i should ask him to make me a guitar.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:54 pm

Awesome. Congrats.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:06 am

Nice find

I once found a wooden dildo & really ol' porn mags in an attic, not my grandma!

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:04 am

congrats rob, that could make some cool les pauls

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:32 am

Not guitar related, but I would take some of that curly or birds-eye maple and have a good/local poll cue builder make me a stick if It were me. But you have a great find and I hope you make something of heirloom quality with it like your other family member have. Also make some cool guitars. I like the feel of curly maple necks. The slight wave in the wood appeals to me.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:18 am

^this above post pisses me the fuck off.
people that make pens, and pool cues and stupid shit like that out of good wood are just straight retarded.
alot of this wood i want to go towards acoustic back and side sets. mainly becuz of the workability, aged(air dried) tonal quilities and just the straight look of it.
curly pool cue my ass, 200 dollar piece of wood that could be a bass neck thru blank, there is no way in hell i would waste it on something like that.
altho i do like a game of pool
-end rant-

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:23 am

I think people generally use the leftover, small pieces for shit like that. At least I hope so. PM'd! Keep what you can, of course. Storage may be a bitch.

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:24 am

Sorry to piss you the fuck off. But how do you figure a 1 5/8" square by 20" piece of curly is worth? "I" would do this if I got this wood from my grandparents because it would be meaningful to me; you should probably not do this - it sounds like. I am only talking about a little chunk of wood. Anyway figured maple isn't that expensive, but not that cheap either. And a dinner table would probably use up more of that guitar wood that a pool butt. Do what you want.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:39 am

hilary's dad has a bunch of pool cues that he keeps in a special bag. Ed doesn't fuck around. im guessing if i ever made him a pool cue out of wood like that he would s my d and then give me a mini bike

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:41 am

well, its old growth, you know what i mean?
and it would be more suited to being used for a back and side set, or something of that nature rather than a novelty item, as i see it.
im not saying that pool is a novelty, but its just a bar sport to me, guitars are a life force and the wood that they are made from is highly prized.
im sure that somewhere there is someone who is just as in love with the game of pool as i am with music and if they found this sort of thing they would think it was crazy to make a guitar out of it.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:42 am

what about that crazy black widdow bitch that me and slone were watching at broefest?