I might have posted this in another section already, but I figure it would get more attention here in The Whammy Bar, so apologies if you've already seen/ignored this.
I'm asking folks to show photos of their curly maple guitars. As many of you know, I'm having a guitar built for me, and I've been asked what kind of curly maple I favor. I have some idea, but without examples to narrow it down, I'm kind of flying blind. Part of the problem I'm having is because there are so many variations: flamed, quilted, wide and thin, tiger stripe, etc.
Here is an example (made by the luthier himself). I'm not crazy about the gloss finish, but I don't have to have that now, do I?