: I got it on eBay. I wrote the guy asking to make me a deal for
: three sets (again, these were being sold as guitar backs). I
: have asked him in the future when he gets wood like this to let
: me know before he cuts it. I would just love to do a big wide
: accent stripe out of this stuff. It's very expensive but this is
: a very special build and I wanted to pull out all the stops.
: Wait 'til ya see the bubinga, walnut, and maple together. It's
: gorgeous. My scrap pile is rapidly becoming very valuable. I'm
: not throwing away even the smallest piece.

I know about expensive scrap :) I've got some tiny pieces of purpleheart that I won't throw away and was repeatedly questions about why when I moved this past spring . "why are you saving sticks??"

Bill H.