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Here's what happens when you let the client design the inlay. It probably didn't appear to be difficult to him when sketching with a pencil. But it took me about two months to complete.

Wow Barry! Beautifully done. Your client should be pretty happy with that.

Cheers,
Danny

Wow! They would have to be pretty blind to not be happy with it!

That's very nice Berry. I want to see the rest of it though. Is it an archie?

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That is beautiful, Barry!! Definitely not overboard. We should all have more clients like that!

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Thats beautiful for sure. You can never have too much inlay...

not overdone - let's see the rest of the guitar -

excellent work !

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Wow!
I think that exceeds birdseye. Maybe we need a new catagory. Moon scape maple?

I like that It is sort of an Es335 with an L5s shape

Or how about " Birds- 'Holy [bleep]-[bleep] that is [bleep]-ing fantastic' -eye Maple"?

Beautiful inlay Barry. I'm doing my first inlay now. What materials did you use in this inlay, and how do you obtain such crisp lettering?

Thanks.

Chris, you amazed me with that. Good memory.

Dave, I actually cheated on the lettering. I laid a decal with the words printed on the computer over the MOP. My engraving skills are not up to lettering.

The inlay from the top down was MOP banner, quilted maple veneer cloud, MOP Snowy Egret with brass beak, trees from several types of wood veneer, and simulated water using crotch figured mahogany veneer.

The shape was taken from an old Gretsch and shrunk down to a lower bout width of 15". The back and sides were laminated and the top was carved from solid sitka. The sides of the guitar were 1-1/2" wide and there is a 3/4 length solid block tying the top to the back. I made this about 3 years ago. I want to make one for myself someday as it was a very comfortable guitar to play.

Thanks for the comments guys!

more of an overlay i think. beatiful!

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Hey Barry, how many of those have you done?
Seems like we saw one at the OLF get together on a different guitar?
Anyway, NO--it's NOT overkill. It's great.

Steve

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That's really nice Barry. The result was worth the time.

Steve, no that is the guitar you saw. Only made one thinline so far.

Hard to tell , Barry- let's see the sketch!