Where to get good curly maple?

Robert Allen · Post by **Robert Allen** » 16 Jan 2020 9:17 am

I'm having a problem lately finding decent curly maple suitable for lap steels. Previous suppliers are now sending wood that is warped, split, or almost no figure. Anyone have a good source? I don't mind paying top dollar if the wood is good but paying top dollar for firewood is not cost effective.

Bill Groner · Post by **Bill Groner** » 16 Jan 2020 10:10 am

I have dealt with Kevin for the past 2 years. What he shows you in the pictures is exactly what you get and his descriptions are spot on. He shows you at least 4 views of the piece of wood on his site. Here is his email address.
kevin@curlymaplewood.com

Andy DePaule · Post by **Andy DePaule** » 17 Jan 2020 9:04 pm

E-Bay has a lot of curly maple as well as quilted and birdseye.
I've never bought any there, but it may be some good suppliers?

Greg Booth · Post by **Greg Booth** » 18 Jan 2020 7:46 am

I have never bought from them, but I enjoy looking at their inventory. Awesome looking stuff. http://www.curlymaple.com/Luthier_Material_s/46.htm

Jim Bates · Post by **Jim Bates** » 18 Jan 2020 4:41 pm

Check with Jim Adams adamsresonator.com He usually has some very good maple woods he builds guitars with.

Thanx,
Jim

Robert Allen · Post by **Robert Allen** » 18 Jan 2020 8:49 pm

Thanks for all the replies. Andy, your eBay suggestion looks the most promising. Greg, I just bought a piece from curlymaple.com and the nice figure wasn't there in the 8/4 piece I received. Jim, I'll check with Adams Resonator, and lastly, Bill, I recently bought 3 pieces from Kevin at curlymaplewood.com and they weren't suitable. It's a tall order to get 8/4 x 10" x 40". Luthier guitar woods are usually much thinner. I may need to go back to slicing and dicing and gluing but my customers seem to prefer one solid piece. .. Bob

Rick Hearne · Post by **Rick Hearne** » 24 Jan 2020 1:15 pm

Hey Bob, we sell a lot of wood to luthiers including Tim Sheerhorn, Paul Beard, Jackson Steel Guitars, Martin, Gibson, Monteleone etc.
hearnehardwoods.com, there is a $300 mail order minimum.
We have tiger maple, curly maple and European maple.
Thanks, Rick