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08-19-2016, 10:09 PM
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Applegate nylon crossover
While I was waiting for my BRW/Cedar Applegate build to be completed, I stumbled across one of Brian's Classical models. This will be my third of Brian's guitars, and my first nylon since I was a kid. I'm looking forward to playing it!
It is Italian Spruce over Myrtlewood with Brian's signature interlocking diamond rosette. Spanish Cedar 5 piece neck with an Ebony head stock veneer front and back. Scale is 660mm with a 50mm nut.     
Last edited by bobernet; 08-19-2016 at 10:14 PM. 
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08-20-2016, 05:48 PM
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Ziricote bridge?
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08-22-2016, 04:38 PM
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Thanks. It does look a lot like ziricote.
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08-22-2016, 07:21 PM
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A friend of mine has a custom Bourgeois with a ziricote headplate that looks remarkably like that bridge's wood, and I have to Martin Keith basses with ziricote fingerboards that are similar, and gorgeous, I might add.
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08-26-2016, 10:15 PM
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Guitar arrived today, and is even better in-hand. The tone is amazing, like a slightly deeper and mellowed steel string, not the rubber-bandy tone I remember from nylon guitars when I was a kid. This is going to be a ton of fun to noodle around on.
A few quick, candid iPhone pics...     
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08-27-2016, 02:40 PM
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That's one of the prettiest myrtle guitars I've ever seen. Is it a full 2" flat fingerboard, or more of a crossover neck?
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08-27-2016, 03:31 PM
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Applegate nylon crossover
Thanks for the kind words. The Myrtlewood is simply amazing. I hadn't necessarily intended to keep this long term; it was just too good of a deal to pass up.
Now, I'm considering keeping it! As to the neck, it's a little of both. It's 50mm at the nut, so wider than a typical steel string, but it has a slight radius too. Seems like a good compromise. I'm not a great player, and most of my guitars are 1 11/16" or 1 3/4" nut, but I didn't have any problem playing it. I even spent some time playing cowboy chord strum along with my 9yo boy, who's learning guitar, last night.
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