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Title: Stained or dyed bird's eye maple?
Post by: V I Archer on December 30, 2014, 12:07:00 AM
Wondering if anyone has a bow with stained or dyed Birdseye.  Riser or limbs.  I have seen plenty of Birdseye bows, but do bit recall seeing it in anything other than he natural blond.  I know it is a popular choice in guitar bodies, but am not interested in an electric blue bow.
Title: Re: Stained or dyed bird's eye maple?
Post by: monkeyball on December 30, 2014, 06:42:00 AM
Top riser is Birdseye, bottom is Tigerstripe. It does not take a lot of stain (as in darkness) to make them "pop". Hope it gives you an idea.

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Title: Re: Stained or dyed bird's eye maple?
Post by: Dave Worden on December 30, 2014, 06:55:00 AM
Dye it rather than staining it.  Stain obscures the grain a bit but dye makes it pop.  I don't have a pic and it probably wouldn't show that well anyhow, but I stained bird's eye maple limbs black on a longbow.  I named it spot.  From a distance it just looks black, but up close and in bright light you can see the spots.  Kind of like a black leopard.  Black on black is subtle but interesting.