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Colorful natural shell

Green AbaLam Purfling

Natural abalone shell with deep greens is epoxy-laminated to create Green Abalam. This is how the major builders create beautiful purflings with consistent color on instruments such as Martin's D-45 (also used by Taylor, Larrivee, Paul Reed Smith and most others). Much faster to work with than regular abalone. 3 long strips per package.

Width: .063" (1.60mm)
Height: .050" (1.27mm)
Straight length: 15.75" (400mm) overall; pieces are 5.25" (133.35mm)
Curved length: 15" (381mm) overall; pieces are 4.75" (120.65mm)
Curved pieces inside diameter: 4.921" (125mm)

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Inlay,_pearl : Purfling : Green AbaLam Purfling : Laminated abalone shell breaks evenly, consistent color.
 Item#  Description   In stock   Price   Quantity   
 4430  Straight, 3 pieces, 15.75" total (400mm)  Yes   $22.74 
 3 or more  $19.33 

 4431  Curved, 3 pieces, 14.25" total (361mm)  Yes   $31.68 
 3 or more  $26.93 


Quantity prices apply to multiples of the same item number Selected currency  

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An important feature of Abalam is that it breaks cleanly when fitting around tight curves. Can be shaped and sanded like regular abalone shell (sanding reveals new colors in the laminated layers).

Green Abalam's color range emphasizes rich greens, with a minimum of pale areas.

Installation tip: use Abalam with our No-stick Filler Strip.

The charts below show how much purfling is needed for Dreadnought and Triple-O style guitars.





AbaLam laminated shell U.S. patent #5,776,581


Shown on page 32 of our latest catalog.

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