Stephen Strahm German/Amazon EROS
 

I'm very excited to share with you all this lovely build for Miki Gakki in Japan. There are some cool features new to me which include a stunning bearclaw German Spruce top, solid wood rosette ring, figured Ebony overlay, and Bloodwood purfles. I hope you enjoy the show!

EROS specs:
• Top- Bearclaw German Spruce
• Body- Amazon Rosewood
• Finish- Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Frets to the body- 14
• scale- 25.375"
• Nut width- 1 3/4"
• String spacing at saddle- 2 1/4"
• Neck- Honduran Mahogany w/ 2-way adjustable trussrod
• Purfling- Bloodwood
• Bindings- West African Ebony
• Headstock veneer- Figured West African Ebony
• Position markers- Gold MOP side dots only
• Rosette- Amazon Rosewood
• Fretboard- West African Ebony
• Bridge- West African Ebony
• Tuners- Cosmo Black Gotoh 510's
• Nut and saddle- Unbleached bone
• Case- Main Stage

You've got my attention...! Awesomeness

WOOHOO!!!!!!

Looking forward to seeing this one come together!

Thank you for the support!

Block party.

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Making stuff so I can glue stuff.

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Gluing stuff.

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I decided to try out the AST A-4 kerfing. Two thumbs up!

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For this build I'm doing a more traditional style rosette which is a first on my guitars. The design is a single ring and I've made the inner portion out of Amazon Rosewood to match the back & sides. I do a two step process which I find yields a clean result. Here I've made the solid ring and inlayed it into the top. Tomorrow I'll cut the inner and outer purfle channels, then glue the purfles in.

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Making your own purfling takes time and there is always a learning curve.

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Final dry fit on the rosette is complete and all looks good. Now pass me the glue and I'll sing you a real song...

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Rosette cleaned up and I'm really happy with the result.

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Diggin on the rosette, crisp & clean....