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OK gang, I mentioned a while back that I was going to build an all mahogany guitar out of a church pew.

I've cut up the wood, lammed a 3 piece neck, bent the sides and joined the top & back.

now I freely admit that I've never played a hog top.

I don't ever remember even being in the same room as one.

I've had a look around google but there are very few pics of what looks good as a rosette on a hog top.

Maple? Rosewood?

Any suggestions?

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What do you plan to bind with? If a contrasting wood then a purfling/wood ring/purfling rosette of the same wood as the binding works well Abalone is stunning on redish woods, Lots of things you can do.

Same as binding and/or FB and or bridge. That's what I'd do. Something darker would look really classy in my opinion.

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OK, rosewood to match the binding, fretboard & bridge then.....

still to purfle this, but under way.......

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Should look great, Martin. Are you tempted to put a strip of shell in the center? I think abalone would really make that pop.

Celtic knot rosette -

http://www.luthiersupply.com/pearlroset ... einlaypage

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I'm on my first build and it's an all mahogany as well. I'm usually more of a lurker than a poster, but I've attached a photo of a dry run of a simple BWB purfling/abalone/purfling rosette on my hog top.http://s727.photobucket.com/albums/ww274/davo8411/?action=tageditmany

no pearl or abalone.

HATE the stuff!!

this'll have to do for now!!

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Do you hate the look of abalone or working with it? If you hate working with it, check out the flexab/zipflex stuff that Kevin Ryan makes.