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Ok, maybe I am just being blind again but, where can I get a few redwood tops. I haven't looked in a while but don'tremember any of our suppliers here having any.

thanks in advance

there are three sources here on the OLF that I'm aware of.

Hank Mauel
Colonial Tonewoods
Don Williams

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on not on the olf but I've gotten great redwood from before is Dave Maize

http://maizeguitars.com/woods/index.htm

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

What do you need, Frank?
I have a good supply of top sets that will easily build any size guitar you might have in mind. Also, if you are doing a small guitar (Parlor, etc)I have a "miscellaneous" stack of tops that are odd sized and sell for a lot less. The primo stuff usually goes in the $50 a set range. This is the same wood I supply to Geoger Lowden, James Goodall, LMI and a host of individual builders here and on other news groups.

Just curious, Hank, is the redwood you have flamed or straight grained?

[QUOTE=JeremiahB.] Just curious, Hank, is the redwood you have flamed or straight grained?[/QUOTE]

I have only a handful of flamed sets that I would deem suitable for tops. All the rest is very tight, straight grained woods from old blown down trees.
Here's a pic of the flamed stuff:

That sho' is nice Hank! But then so are all your redwood tops from what I've seen...

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."