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Maybe one day it will reside in the County Palatine and I will be smiling at the Yorkie's just a dozen miles up the road ?????
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Anyway, no extra color to be added. The pic above is pretty close to finish color. Thanks, Steve |
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And yes, the shop in Kilburn seemed to produce, still, work of very high calibre. Steve |
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Future owner can decorate as desired. Steve |
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Soundboard! The decision was taken to use, once again, Engelmann spruce for this parlor. It functions magnificently in small-bodied guitars like this. The trick, though, was finding one without runout. Our first grab from the Engelmann pile had the same test numbers as the last guitar that went to TAMCO. But it was two-toned. Digging deeper uncovered a lovely piece with virtually no runout, here being glued together:
No pics of routing the rosette channels, but here the inner b/w/b piece is glued in place, and "clamped" with Brickhenge: Next rings in, with Teflon spacer where the "Lancastrian" pattern will go. This spacer will be removed, and the process (used on back inlay) repeated to make the rosette pattern: Thanks for watching, Steve |
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More rosette work
Continuing on, this next shot shows the outer ring installed, Teflon spacer removed and first two tiles installed. If you squint, you'll notice that the red tiles were chosen to start on centerline, forming a chevron pattern:
And thus working around the circle, the Lancaster pattern is finished. (Thanks Iain for the idea!) It looks a bit fuzzy still because, well, it IS. The tiles are still proud of the top, in need of leveling. Once that's accomplished, the details will be nice and crisp: Steve |
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Lovely work .. great symmetry .. on that rosette ... and very much in keeping with the Larson aesthetic, but in a tastefully updated way. I hope you're inspired to do more work like this ..
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He's getting a 12- fret 00, using the Indonesian rosewood you see pictured. Bob said he'd like something akin to his living room colors for the marquetry. So--purple, green and light tan. 3 different iterations were done using these colors, and the one pictured here is leading the pack. Stay tuned. Steve |
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Ok, let's finish this rosette.
The soundhole plug was removed, just kissing the inner b/w/b, and a piece of American Holly was bent to fit inside the hole. Here 'tis being glued into place: And when leveled and cleaned, the rosette is complete: Thanks for watching, Steve |
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Yeah...well you know how these go...we'll get it done!
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Fantastic rosette! I love it even more than the first one.
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Steven, just going back a step, the colour of that oak back is great which plenty of the "mouse man" furniture lovers around the globe would recognise in a heartbeat. Just a thought it could be called "Kilburn" ????. Keep up the good work
Iain
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"Kilburn" Pattern?
Iain raised the idea of the name "Kilburn" for this marquetry pattern.
I like it, but in the spirit of democracy, would like to get your (yes, your) input as well. Wanna cast a vote? Does this: ...evoke this: ??? Vote early and often. Help a struggling luthier! And thanks again, Iain, Steve |