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Originally Posted by David Wren
Really looking forward to watching this one come together Mike ... looks great so far!!!
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Thanks! I love that I can still get super excited to finish up an instrument even after all this time. I think this one's just going to sing!
Only time for a quick update today -- here's the top braced, carved, ringing like a bell, and ready to be glued on...
With the top done and attached, it's always a nice step to get it a bit more cleaned up and see how things are looking. This rosette has radial ziricote for the main rosette and sound hole binding, surrounded by some radial arariba. The arariba was one of those random and too small boards hidden in a pile at the local fancy woods store for $5.95 that's perfect for this kind of accent work. I find the subtle transitions between sunset-like colors to be quite beautiful!
For a little insight into how a guitar maker's mind works (well, mine at least) there's a pretty small detail in that rosette that most people will never notice but, ideally, still have some sense of. If you look at the outermost purfling line in the rosette (the dark brown Peruvian walnut) you'll notice it's just a bit thicker than the corresponding walnut line on the inside. The thickness of the two strips are in the golden ratio and I feel the difference, combined with the radial lines, creates some ever so subtle movement towards the center of the circle. Small details but I love thinking about that kind of thing!
That's it for today and time to get up to the shop!
Mike