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Full view of my 16.25" Prima model.
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A new 16.25" Prima model getting ready.
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Doing a bit of blending after fitting the neck. Redwood, Walnut and Mahogany go together really well!
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Very close to finishing these two.
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Making a curly maple bridge for one of my current archtop guitars.
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My 15" non-cutaway Petite Fleur model archtop getting set-up.
The beautiful finish is by @eadyguitars and I think the tailpiece by @jeweler.on.the.road suits this guitar perfectly.
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The Redwood archtop/quilted Sapele flatback guitar body is together. Very exciting for me to have the opportunity to make this small but deep bodied guitar.
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Getting back to this custom 15" archtop/flatback guitar. Will brace the top next with an X and carve the neck which is 3-piece Spanish Cedar. Not sure about the headstock inlay yet.
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Carving the Rufous neck using my fancy neck carving jig.
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Two soundholes on the side and none on top. One-piece curly Redwood top, Claro Walnut back and sides. I used the Walnut sapwood to bind the soundholes for a different look. The neck is Honduran Mahogany and this is the one that has the Rufous Hummingbird inlay on the headstock
I'm lucky I get to work on projects like these☺
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With several guitars in finishing it's full steam ahead on "Rufous".
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Getting two more custom guitars ready for finishing. Well, one is a mandocello, the other is a 14" archtop. The hanging mandolin still needs back binding (sorry Ron, it'll get there!🙄)
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In the shop this morning. Days like these it would be nice just to sit and listen to music.
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Here's another one that's about ready for finishing. I love the look of the turquoise and different shades of pearl against the amboyna burl.
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These art deco designs are fun to do and luckily pretty easy to inlay.
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Just finished and time for set-up
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I'm not much of an inlay guy but I do like to have a little something, usually a bit art-deco-y, on the headstock like they did in the old days.
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Florentine cutaway detail.
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A little more neck carving, an inlay, a bit of sanding and this very custom little 14" archtop will be ready for finishing.
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The 5-course mandocello is nearly ready for finishing. This is 16.25" at the lower bout, has an oval soundhole and port and a very special tailpiece made by @jeweler.on.the.road Mathilde does beautiful work!
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