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6/4 birdseye maple neck blanks for electric bass guitar

Sanford Lussier: THE BEST Los Angeles Lumber 2025

The hardwood lumber tally stick of one of my lumber mentors, Stan Buck (Crossland Forest Products). Courtesy of Ann Barwick Jones. Sanford Lussier Millwork History Sanford-Lussier began operations on July 1, 1946. In 1974, they incorporated. They were located at 2200 Nadeau St in Huntington Park, California 90255.  PH# 323-585-2811 (no longer active).   At […]

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8/4 Quilted Maple lumber for guitar billets

Quilted Maple Lumber: Figured Wood 2025

8/4 Quilted Big Leaf Maple lumber boards selected for high figure guitar billets. Quilted Maple Quilted Maple Lumber is premium figured hardwood of the Big Leaf  variety.  Quilt figure can appear bulbous, tubular, blister, burly, curly and is often chatoyant . Additionally, Quilt figure is sometimes referred to as Angel Step, Tubular Quilt, or Blister figured. High chatoyancy

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Quarter-sawn White Hard 8/4 Maple veneer grade hardwood lumber

8/4 Maple Quartersawn Lumber: 6 Reasons It’s RARE!

QS Sugar Maple pool cue blanks. Kiln Dried (KD) slow growth 8/4 maple with tight growth rings! 2″ thickness 8/4 Quartersawn Maple: 8/4 Maple Hardwood Lumber The 3 primary species of commercially sawn lumber 8/4 Maple are: Hard Maple (acer saccharum), sometimes referred to as Sugar Maple, Rock Maple or White Hard Maple. Red Maple

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