Latest happenings in the workshop

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View fullsize This short scale OM-C is ready for some finish! Salvaged Brazilian Rosewood back and sides from an old furniture makers workshop in Portugal, estimated to be around 100 years old! Best of the best Italian Spruce from @wood_n_tones African Blackwood
View fullsize Birdseye European Maple ✨ I love the chatoyance of Euro Maple
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View fullsize Some detail shots of the headstock. I love those Rodgers Tuning Machines😍💥 African Blackwood headstock face with European maple purfling lines and Euro maple headstock blackstrap ⚡️
View fullsize The Black and White Super Parlour ⚡️ It was a lot of fun working working with the client to come up with this awesome little guitar. African Blackwood sides, European Maple back, Engelmann Spruce top. Rodgers Tuning Machines 💥
View fullsize Koa and Buckeye Burl for the next two guitars 💥 I don’t do much fancy inlay and such on my instruments but I do like to make these bound headstocks which are now standard and no up charge.
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View fullsize This is Boonaree or “Desert Rosewood” - Alectryon oleifolius. It’s an Australian Arid Zone timber that is extremely rare especially in sizes large enough for even a small guitar. Someone please order an instrument with this wood
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View fullsize Some detail shot of the latest SP that’s Available. Evo gold frets with semi hemispherical fret ends. Bound headstock with European Maple purflings. Macassar Ebony heel cap. Master grade fiddleback Satinbox back and sides.
View fullsize The latest to be completed and it’s available. A fiddleback Satinbox Super Parlour (SP). Satinbox is a beautiful tonewood from Australia that has a very high strength to weight ratio and lends itself well to an active back instrument. The SP is
View fullsize I’ve always loved the grain that’s in bone. It’s hard to see but it’s there. No wonder I love wood grain so much, it’s in my bones! I bet Pete @curlytimbers has genetic fiddleback bones, the same way some trees do!!
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View fullsize Happy Valentines Day @celinajacinto I couldn’t imagine doing this life with anyone but you. I love you xxx