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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:32 pm 
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I think this is homebuilt #9...if not, it's somewhere around there!

Sitka top with curly maple back and sides, indian RW fretboard and bridge, curly maple binding, and a blue marlin in black and white mother of pearl. I used to do a lot of watercolor painting and I think this really translates well to inlay design. I've really enjoyed doing this part of the guitars. The finish is hand polished EM6000....and now that I can say I've hand polished a couple guitars I'm going to run out and buy a buffer... :D

Tonally it turned out very well - it's much warmer than most maple guitars I've played with pretty good volume and projection. I had a few friends play it today and came home with a few orders...so that was very rewarding as well. I still consider myself to be on the learning curve so I price them pretty reasonably...my friends have an opportunity to get a nice custom guitar and I'm able to keep building and keep improving.

This one is for a friend who fished professionally for about 10 years in the tropics (what a shame...it must have been horrible).

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Shane Neifer
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Awesome work Trev!!

That top has neat figure in it as well!

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I Like the separate rosette idea... [clap]

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Christian Schmid
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That looks awesome - I love the look of maple guitars [clap]

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beautiful.
love the rosette
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Spectacular, I love the figured back and the inlay work. Also, the rosette is clean and lovely.

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Very nice Trev! [:Y:] Figured maple is one of my favorite body woods.The figure on it is real nice.I like how the inlay is in the right spot on the fretboard.
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NIce Job. I also like maple. My OM next build (on the table) is with a figured Maple...can't wait to start after seeing yours.
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Nice Trev! I love flamed maple!

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Love that Bearclaw top with the Maple. Nice guitar!

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Thanks for all the compliments!

A couple more tidbits about this one:
~The back actually has a cylindrical shape and not a spherical shape. I made a sanding "trough" with an 18' radius instead of the usual sanding bowl. I haven't noticed any aesthetic or tonal differences in building like this. It's something I tried awhile ago and just stuck with it. Eventually I'll probably switch to a more traditional spherical shape if for nothing more than I think I can sand the sides quicker this way.
~I used my CNC for the inlay work, the rosette tiles, the neck, and the braces (which were carved & sanding during tap tuning). I also have a ton of jigs that I've made with the CNC for everything from bridge location to a "chiseling jig" for those little BWB purfling parts that go around the rosette.
~Total woodworking time is about 40 hrs and I probably have about 15 hrs of finish time (including some respray, touch up, etc..).

Thanks again for checking it out!
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