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Originally Posted by Howard Klepper
... The trim choices will allude to a Gibson AJ, but make no attempt to be a copy. So this is my interpretation of an AJ; not a reproduction.
For example, we've chosen these as the fretboard inlays. Suggestive of the AJ, but different.
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I really like those inlay designs! While I have great respect for the 'Mighty AJ', I've never liked the fingerboard and headstock inlays. I think Stan Jay of Mandolin Bros termed the original inlays the "fast forward-fast reverse" inlay set.
Those, as you say, Howard, evoke the originals, but develop the thought a bit.
Cool.
The look of the black walnut seems quite similar to that of koa or Tasmanian blackwood/acacia(?). Also, very nice.
Fred