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Old 06-22-2019, 05:46 AM
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Default Ornamentation

Time to give some thought to the ornamentation on the guitar. I told Mike that I would like some burl and also that I would like dark blue on the guitar. With those rather vague guidelines from me, Mike got to thinking……

….And ideas are being formed. Here is a piece of burl that Mike is working with. The blue grey wood in the burl can actually be useful as a contrast with the white of the spruce top.



And again, cut into slices.



Mike had the idea of combining the burl and the dark blue, so here is the burl “flooded” with resin that is infused with blue colouring and metallic flakes. The resin settles into the holes and indentations that are naturally present in the burl wood.



And with a bit of sanding back, it starts to give some amazing effects.



The next stage is to see how this approach can be worked into a rosette and a headstock, and matched with binding and purfling.

More soon folks!
Col
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