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Old 08-18-2015, 08:38 AM
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Default Tom Rodriguez Guitars 20th Anniversary Guitar

This August is the 20th anniversary of Tom Rodriguez Guitars and his making of classical guitars. To commemorate this huge milestone, Tom has started on a very special 20th anniversary guitar for the shop which is available for purchase here at Dream Guitars. All materials on this anniversary guitar are old and extremely rare which Tom has been collecting through his years of building and saving for a very special occasion, such as this. Following is the list of materials included in this build:

Top – 40 year old Sitka spruce purchased from the estate of an old guitar maker. Tom hand picked it from 30 sets that were bought for its tap tone, stiffness and fine grain

Back & sides, peg head and bridge – 1800’s Brazilian rosewood from an old table top

Fingerboard – 40 year old ebony, hand picked for it’s beauty from a large selection of ebony fingerboards from the same collection of wood that the top came from

Neck – 1800’s Honduras mahogany, salvaged from an old 4 post bed – very dark in color and a singing tap tone

Brace wood – Hand-split Sitka spruce from the back supports of a 90 year old Cable piano

Linings – Quarter-sawn willow, the preferred choice of violin makers, 90 years old, from the same piano as the brace wood

Nut & Saddle – Fossil walrus ivory, 100 to 500 years old

Rosette & bindings – Brazilian rosewood, holly, cherry and ebony, all from various salvages and re-purposing projects


1800’s Brazilian rosewood salvaged from an antique table top


Detail of 40+ year old Sitka spruce top wood


Quartersawn bridge blank cut from the same 1800’s table – underneath it is the trimmed off piece with the tax stamps still on it


Detail of the hand split Sitka spruce brace wood from a 1925 Cable piano


Split Sitka spruce brace wood from a 1925 Cable piano


1800’s Honduras mahogany neck heel from an old bed – you can still see the edges of the turned legs before being trimmed away


Headstock with 1800’s mahogany and Brazilian rosewood
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