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Micro abalone purfling
I want some micro abalone and don’t know where to find any. I am pretty sure that some of you more computer savvy members can help me out here.
TIA John
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You looking for this?
MicroFlex https://www.mudhole.com/MicroFlex-Abalone-Shell-Inlays ThinLam Shells http://www.aquabluemaui.com/aqappl.html ZipFlex https://www.advancedshelltech.com/zipflex/p Why not use ZipFlex? |
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And i want the strips precut, not in a sheet
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I have had Rescue Pearl cut me .030 strips of ablam in the past, twice. They’ll cut Teflon strips to match as well.
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That sounds about right. Thanks
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Tom Doerr uses it regularly - may want to check with him too.
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John, Laurie Williams in New Zealand did some very fine (less than 1 mm) abalone on my guitar:
Is that the sort of thing you are looking for? |
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Yes. That’s it. I wonder if he cut this himself. That’s a beautiful guitar by the way.
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I used very narrow pearl purfling on the one and only guitar I've built:
Are you looking for something like this?
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I don't know if Laurie cuts it himself, but you could contact him to find out. He's a good guy to talk to. And it reminded me of something else... Laurie is friends with Kevin Ryan and I recall that KR had micro abalone some time ago? |
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John
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Gerald sheppard also uses micro abalone purfling i believe.
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Thanks for the lead
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I've now looked more closely at a photo a couple of posts up. You are looking for something thinner! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
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