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Forgive the rather descriptive title.
Here's a Ziricote wedge just finished on a new deep body OM.
Client sent the Ziricote for back/sides, and also sent the African blackwood for the bindings.
The wedge is a bookmatched piece of Ziricote that takes advantage of some sapwood. This is a recurring theme on the guitar, so the owner and I thought this would be appropriate.








Thanks,

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Off course it looks great my friend!

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
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Very nice Steve! I love the wedge and also the African blackwood bindings. I am planning a Ziricote build and couldn't decide on bindings. Now I know what to use

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Dan

Looks beautiful Steve!

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Jim Watts
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Very nice Steve, and the single white purfling line frames everything beautifully.

Bob

Nice wedgie, stunning Ziricote set!

Dennis

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Dennis Leahy
Duluth, MN, USA
7th Sense Multimedia

That's really creative, Steve. Very artistic.

I like it! The wood choices work very well together. It's going to be real nice guitar. Great stuff Steve

Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Looks great, Steve! I like it a lot! Very elegant. Thanks for showing it to us.

Here's one where I used eucalyptus burl for the wedge (matching the rosette) and walnut for the bindings (matching walnut neck) with fine black/maple purflings.

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Todd Rose
Ithaca, NY

https://www.dreamingrosesecobnb.com/todds-art-music

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'Figuratively' speaking that really is a beautiful guitar Steve!

Wow, great figure. Quite distinctive and really an eye catcher. At first glance it appeared to be Black Palm on either side of the sapwood on the wedge. Please post again after you get it sealed and finished.

Keep up the great work!

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Peter

Someone has to say it...nice Butt and backside!

Outstanding in every detail, as per usual, Steve!

I really love the wood combinations. I too have a gorgeous set of Ziricote with lots of sapwood, just like yours. I don't have blackwood, but I do have ebony bindings that I think would do nicely.

I was wondering, though, where did you cut the pieces for the wedge? I'm thinking the sapwood is in the middle, so you either got it from the back pieces, or possibly, the side pieces. Either way, that would mean that the pieces were long enough to accomodate both the back and wedge...or you had more plank to work with that just the usual B&S...

That will look killer under finish!

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Very nice, I like the sap wood showing and goes well with the sapwood in the back.

Fred

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Fred Tellier
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Steve: Your sense of design always seems to hit the mark.....!!! Congrats.
Tom

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Bingo! Nice, Steve!

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Waddy

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Lovely!

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Very tastefully done and elegant.

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Very nice!

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That's pretty tasteful Steve!

Didn't care for the contrast until it's taken in with the back. Blends in great!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Thanks so much, gents! Even pulled Billy out of retirement...I'm honored!

Alain, that extra Ziricote came from Hibdon (as did the set itself).
I called 'em and asked if they had some scraps lying around, and indeed they did. Cut-offs from a run of fretboard blanks. These were purchased for the rosette blank, and I got to thinking that some sliver of Ziricote--like this--might look nice at the posterior.

Here is another pic--showing how one of the pieces was pressed into service for the rosette:





And:





Again, many thanks.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

I sure I hope I get a chance to hear this one when it's done, Steve. You make such fine sounding guitars, and the ziricote/sinker redwood combination could be out of this world. Keep us posted, please.

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Todd Rose
Ithaca, NY

https://www.dreamingrosesecobnb.com/todds-art-music

https://www.facebook.com/ToddRoseGuitars/

Very nice Steve;
as is Todds .
Todd how about a pic of the rose?

Ziricote is a beautiful wood .
How'd you like working with the Redwood?

Mike

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Mike Collins

I've been meaning to post photos of that guitar, Mike. I'll start a new thread to do that, rather than intruding into Steve's thread any more than I already have.

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Todd Rose
Ithaca, NY

https://www.dreamingrosesecobnb.com/todds-art-music

https://www.facebook.com/ToddRoseGuitars/

No "intrusion" at all, Todd.
And, I very much like that wedge on your guitar as well...just forgot to say it. Thanks for posting.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Hey Mike, let me answer your Q.
I enjoyed it, though with a bit of trepidation. I'm such a Sitka guy, and this top was giving me different numbers in every category that it was somewhat like new territory.
However--the tap tone was like nothing else. Ryan called it our "T-Rex" top. When asked just what that meant, he said, "Remember when the T-Rex makes his first appearance in Jurassic Park? *Boom*...*Boom*... *Boom*.... It taps like that!"
Well there you have it, an obscure reference to describe sound, and why not? Is that so different from "Ice water trebles"? Or, perhaps my favorite, "Toasted wheat underpinnings in the midrange"?

This was/is a great top, and we only hope we didn't leave it too thick. We'll see....

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com