Share Your Buckeye Burl Tops

[FourT6and2]

Not mine, but one of my favourites..

That's stunning!

 

[milker97]

Not many stained buckeyes around. I think Ernie did a great job on this one.

 

[JohnTanner]

I have to get a buckeye topped guitar one day... man these are all beautiful

 

[Erockomania]

Not my guitar (I wish) but as this is among the best Buckeye tops
I've seen I thought I'd share:

It was mine for a few days. I sent it back for a refund.

 

[FourT6and2]

It was mine for a few days. I sent it back for a refund.

Cliffhanger of the week. You gonna tell us why haha?

 

[Xykhron]

Mine:

 

[Erockomania]

Cliffhanger of the week. You gonna tell us why haha?

myriad issues.
-finish issues galore
-electronics
-string/neck alignment
-saddles misplaced (might have been a CNC issue)
-fretting out upon bending (maybe a radiusing issue?)
-pinging in the nut when bending (not properly cut)
-worst of all, the neck cracked beneath the truss rod near the nut after simply tightening just enough to flatten the neck to a normal relief (I've been a tech for 15 years, know precisely how to do it and have never even once witnessed something like this. And I was not the only one this happened to. It is a design flaw which I hope he's worked out)

I sent it back twice. Second time for a refund. A year of my time and ideas wasted.

I will say that Chris did refund me (which took quite a bit longer than quoted) and didn't give much push back which was good customer service. He was a nice guy the entire time but there are some fundamental issues in his builds it seems. I only bring this up as I've had people contact me time and time again with literally the same issues I had so I cannot in good conscience keep my mouth shut about it anymore. Folks are giving him money. I want them to be better informed.

What made me come here today is I see my old guitar is back on the market. Be aware.

 

[hodorcore]

Jason Richardson's Buckeye Burl Music Man:

i want this pls

 

[Zach Wink]

Yeah the last two I've received have been pretty great, this one in particular arrived flawless and plays/sounds great, so I'm pretty darn happy with it! I thought the top was a one-piece when I first saw the pics since there wasn't symmetry but if you look up close you can in fact see a seam where the two pieces are joined. All I know is it looks killer so I lucked out that it was an in-stock build and not one I had to roll the dice on since Buckeye Burl tops can be all over the place, aesthetically-speaking.

What is the wood on this beautiful fingerboard?

 

[mphsc]

 

[FourT6and2]

tasty

 

[FourT6and2]

One on the left is headed my way.

 

[m107a1]

One on the left is headed my way.

Judging by the background, an Omega purchase? Congrats! Here's my MBC on-topic:

 

[FourT6and2]

Yep, Omega Got my other one from them too. They've been great to deal with. I saw your thread a while back too, nice!

 

[FourT6and2]

 

[Ben Pinkus]

Not the best picture, and its a satin body so the buckeye doesn't pop as much as gloss but here's mine!

 

[sevenchaos]

Remembered wrong. It was eyepoplar, not buckey

 

[FourT6and2]

Here's my duvell elite 7

This thread is for sharing guitars with buckeye burl tops. That doesn't look like buckeye to me. But hard to tell because the photo is kinda dark...

 

[KnightBrolaire]

This thread is for sharing guitars with buckeye burl tops. That doesn't look like buckeye to me. But hard to tell because the photo is kinda dark...

based off the edges it's some kind of poplar or buckeye burl..

 

[sevenchaos]

Im having sort of blackout and can't remember actually was it buckeye or poplar... Need to check out from the papers. Sorry for the post