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Originally Posted by Steve Kinnaird
I remember that inlay and still marvel at the precision. So impressive!
Congrats all around Mike!
Steve
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Thanks Steve! I think that was an important guitar in helping me hone in on my aesthetic.
I had lots of picky work last week as I dove into the rosette. As per usual, it started with a bunch of staring into space and seeing what ideas bubbled up. Once I had a vague direction in mind I started sketching out the design...
It was more or less standard procedure to get an ebony ring inlaid with some maple lines...
Next up was routing out sections for pieces of the Tree...
It's probably not a surprise that I have a pretty limited supply of the Tree to work with, so every piece I cut out needs to be bang on -- no real room to cut something too small and try again. I also tried to be very intentional with how every section would be used...
Slowly getting there...
Fully inlaid and looking pretty sharp...
And now with the soundhole cut out it's officially done (for now)...
I'm quite happy with how this one turned out and looking forward to carrying on with bracing/tuning the top!