A stack of burl wood tops, some with live edges. These will be glued to the top of the body, but not on my guitar, I’m doing a single solid body. The downside is that my guitar will be quite heavy because I won’t have the opportunity to cut weight relief chambers.

# Burl wood tops

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A stack of burl wood tops, some with live edges. These will be glued to the top of the body, but not on my guitar, I’m doing a single solid body. The downside is that my guitar will be quite heavy because I won’t have the opportunity to cut weight relief chambers.

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