Wow, this took a long time. I am happy, for the most part, with the final result. And to top it off, I accidentally erased all of the "process" pictures, the before and during. So here it is.

Thanks to kevins, and to everyone on this forum for all of the encouragement, even though almost no one knew what I was up to. Having said that, the results are very nice, but I encountered issues that even the supplier could not have forseen because of the intricate ways the veneer works. I do not suggest anyone else attempt this. It is VERY frustrating, and the results are not what I had hoped for. There is some bubbling caused by shrinkage when the glue dried, and there was no way of anticipating it would happen, nor where it would occur. BTW, this is my first attempt at any type of veneer. I never try easy stuff, I am the guy that wants the hardest first attempt.....Trust me, this is not a job I will be making into a video anytime soon.

The veneer is Curly Maple, using Titebond III glue due to the need to have more ability to move the wood than other types of glue allow. The finish is standard lacquer with a Shaker Pine stain added into it and applied at 4 coats, 4-0 steel wool between. The mix was approx 30ml stain per 14 fl. oz. of lacquer, brushed on. The hoops are 10 ply maple from AIT/Anderson and also veneered, and came out terribly. Luckily all of the issues are hidden from view for the most part. The grain of the curly maple caused some uncontrollable splintering along the edges.

I was short claws and T-rods for the bass so thay are mixed. I will work on attempting to get them all matching at a later date.

Anyway, here you go, and the early sound trials are promising since these pix are taken almost as soon as I got them back together and set up. All over the ringing is for the most part gone, and a nice warm, deep tone is coming out in the initial tuning run, before tweaking.These shells are now 4 ply, mahogany/maple/mahogany/curly maple. The snare has more issues, and will be along later.