Burton LeGeyt Renaissance Parlour

[Diamondave]

Treasure is near....

[CoolerKing]

Originally Posted by Diamondave

Treasure is near....

I'll fix the pic links tomorrow when I have access to a real computer. Until then let's keep this LeGeyt character under the radar so we can appreciate his guitars! I was playing my brz clm for a few hours last night and loving every minute of It. I cannot wait to see what the parlour will be like!

[CoolerKing]

[CoolerKing]

[Diamondave]

Koa under finish, YUMMY....!!!

[cigarfan]

Dazzling! Can't wait to see the assembled peghead.

[TomB'sox]

She shined up mighty purdy!!!!!

[IBKuz]

Originally Posted by Diamondave

Koa under finish, YUMMY....!!!

I'll second that comment. I also like the fact there is no binding on the bottom. The transition with the Koa sides is very well executed; Burton's joinery and workmanship are first class on this build (this is likely the understatement of the year )

[maurerfan]

A serious museum quality piece in the making .. superb!

[gerberguitars]

I'm curious about the super thin soundboard binding. Where did the inspiration for that come from? Looking forward to seeing this in person at the Woodstock show.

[Burton LeGeyt]

Thanks guys,

I'm so happy with how it looks, the koa is really great. I hope many of you can see it at Woodstock. Its been a long process and stressful- I'm doing lots of stuff for the first time on this guitar. And it still isn't done. I'm a few days away from having the tuners and pegs functional and installed. Then I can sleep a little better at night.

Ryan, Lots of the old guitars have really small binding, almost square in profile. I love the look and have been slowly making mine smaller on all builds. for this one I went a little further and the addition of the maple line on the bottom makes it look smaller still. I think, though, that it fits well here. Big binding would look chunky on that small body.

Here is another of the headstock in progress- Working on the landing ledge and how much to curve/chamfer the inner walls.

Untitled by Burton LeGeyt, on Flickr

[gerberguitars]

I think the thinner binding looks great. Especially for this guitar, as you mentioned.

[CoolerKing]

[louis lasky]

This guitar gets sicker and sicker! I cannot fathom the coolness of this headstock.

[CoolerKing]