I have a memory that Gibson used birch for backs and side on a lot of the earlier A models they produced so I was excited to see at Rockler today that they had stacks and stacks of 4/4 flamed birch (slab sawed) on sale for $5.99/BF. All of the pieces were fought cut to about 3' in length. I culled through it and found a piece that was about 80% quarter sawn and got it for only about $13. Pieces ranged in size from 3" wide up to about 8" wide. If I can steady myself and practice resawing on some scrap, I can potentially get 4 sets for flat top instruments out of the +/-2 board feet I brought home. A lot of nice pieces were available with some lovely figuring.
They also had a lot of board feet of Goncalo Alves and Zebrawood on sale as well!
I'm not sure if Rockler's sales on lumber apply at all of their locations nationwide, but it may be worth checking out if you're interested.
Edit: title is supposed to read "FLAMED birch..." auto correct, bah!
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