Lookin' REALLY good!
 
Bill, tgo

I'm real concerned that the book match is not close.  I assume it will not be too noticibe once the electronics and wolf are added but I have serious reservations.

The short story is that I don't think you will be disappointed with the grain of your guitar in person, it's an absolute stunner. Here's a longer explanation:
 
The bookmatch is a regular old bookmatch. The only wood missing is the kerf of the bandsaw blade and the minor sanding to get things flat. Even though a lot can happen grain-wise in that small space, Quilted and Flame Maple don't really ever look bookmatched if you look closely. Here's some more pictures of your guitar.
 
This one is pretty straight on and with a flash:


 
 
 
If you concentrate on just a small area, you can see the symmetry of the bookmatch:


 
 
 
Enlarged for an even better view:


 
 
 
And again from a slightly different angle:


 
 
What shows up with the figured Maples is the grain direction. It's the changes in the direction that make the interesting and shimmery effect we all enjoy. When we slice across a plane, a given area of the left side of the bookmatch has the grain going up, while the same area on the right has the grain going down, but before we cut it, the grain was continuous.  
 
It's sort of hard to visualize, but think of Les Paul guitars you've seen, with the Flame Maple bookmatched to center. On one side, the same shape of figure looks light in color, and on the other side of the bookmatch it's darker. Look at the back of this one on Gibson's website and you'll see what I'm talking about.

is wolf getting a brother? coool!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
 
it looks fine- its not btc
the symmetry is in the angle of the grain away from the neck not the actual appearance of the figuring
both sides dont match exactly in appearance
but if you look at it- the grain is fine and it evens out perfectly by the brisge pickup
one thing for sure, Bob knows how to lay out wood
he's pretty much taught everyone at alembic.
 
(Message edited by flaxattack on August 23, 2007)

It looks perfect to me. Especially in the last pic. You're going to be very happy when you see it in person Micheal.
 
graeme

I love that last pic!!  Beautiful!

I love the explanation.. to me it even becomes more evident when you bookmatch a piece of spalted maple that also has figure.. in some ways mirrored, and yet.. heh.
 
--T

Yes, the new pics are amazing.  Thank you for the additional post!!  I have seen some funny things with lighting and angle that can really change the way maple can look.  Thanks again.

Glue can be alarming at this stage, but thought you'd want to see a pic of the inlay in process:

my wolf brotha!!!!!!

Peghead inlay:

 
Both the cloud in the logo and the lightning bolt are in gold mother of pearl.

Looks great Mica!  Perfect size.

Still a little glue in place, but you get the general idea:

We've never carved this many letter in this small a space. It might be hard to tell in the photo, but this is a very nice golden color slab of shell.

Wolf inlay is done as well:

what  
no drool?
the gentler of the wolf den,...
looks great