Reply by dpwalker

While I appreciate & thank you all for the replies maybe I wasn’t clear in my first post. I am not referring to the body binding, but rather the white/cream streaks in the flames themselves. It appears to be the natural maple itself showing thru as Jonathan suggested. Maybe they only dyed blue & didn’t use black & sanded down? Now that I study the picture again that is how it appears to me. Anyone agree?

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