Wondering if anyone has worked with quarter sawn Ash drilling, routing, staining, recommended clear coat? Wood movement? Etc. Reading up on it apparently it scores very good in just about every category of milling, gluing and finishing. Bonus points awarded if you have pics of a prior project in Ash.
Project: Wood 'head shell' for a tube driven electric guitar amplifier head. Curly Maple is pretty common for high end head shells but I wanted to do something different and less overpowering than AAA curly Maple. I had crossed the bold flatsawn Ash off my list for the same reason even though its a common electric guitar body wood.
Then I spied some quarter sawn Ash Friday at a local hardwood supplier. The Olive Ash variety e.g. it has both darker heartwood and blonde sapwood. The straight grain almost reminded me of acoustic guitar Spruce the growth rings. I purchased two 10 foot 4/4 boards. I'll have to glue them together to get a 10.5 inch finished width.
Here's some quarter sawn curly Ash I ordered today for the front/rear panels. I'm fine with figured panels just didn't want the entire shell figured.
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Here's a typical highly figured shell and cabinet, its a bit much.
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