Show off your Rosettes.

[LakewoodM32Fan]

Originally Posted by ataylor

That rosette is perfect for that guitar. Lovely.

I'm also a believer in less is more in some cases. One of the things that makes my Lakewood's rosette stand out is the fact that it has no fretboard markers. So the only "bling" on that guitar is the Lakewood name on the headstock (in MOP I believe) and that rosette. I think if I had a fancy floral or vine fretboard inlay, no one would notice the rosette at all (and the guitar would look garish).

[Feste]

Here is the rosette from a Kingslight guitar I recently sold;


and one from my Brook Taw:

And one from a Steve Patience guitar I owned way back when:

[LakewoodM32Fan]

Full disclosure, my original post with the M32 rosette is my guitar.

This one is not my guitar. But in the 17 years since I've ordered mine, Lakewood has apparently raised their "rosette design" game. This is apparently one of their default designs (though magic symbols are still available from their custom options).

If I every order another Lakewood, I may just stick with the default rosette style (I think you can custom order the woods if you want to change it up).

[jaymarsch]

Here's the rosette on my Kramer. Double abalone ring with Brazilian rosewood.



Best,
Jayne

[Tim McKnight]

Here are a few pages of rosettes if you care to look?

[hubcapsc]

Originally Posted by Tim McKnight

Here are a few pages of rosettes if you care to look?

Those are cool... I browsed around some...

Slope MacNaught:
Reclaimed Brazilian Rosewood back and sides

How do you reclaim Brazilian rosewood, from an old table? I'm not sure
if you'll think this is gross, but the luthier I go to has made some tops
out of the soundboard of a 100 year old piano I love reclaimed stuff.

-Mike

[islandguitar]

Doerr Legacy, Cocobolo cross grain with matching purfling
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Bamburg FSC, Macassar Ebony cross grain....the red lines are dyed pear wood.
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Flammang 000, Rope work, with tortoise binding on the inside

[Stevien]

McIlroy, A19. Nothing fancy, for sure, but harmonizes with the woods!
Steve

[ruby50]

Some beauties here - I especially like the ones with the incomplete circle

Burton LeGeyt always does a fabulous job in my book. Here is one I did that copied a 1930's Gibson scheme - red spruce and gold glitter

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby16...7649776959267/

And here is one inspired by the early Gibson mandolin rosettes - cross grained ivoroid on an exceptional piece of redwood

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby16...7678301955987/

Sorry - never been able to do pictures on this sight despite having read the instructions over and over and over and over

Ed M

[Martz911]

Two from my Bill Kraus Koa/Sitka OM:





From a Breedlove Master Class Koa Dreadnought:



From a Goodall Brazilian/Adirondack Jumbo with Paua Rosette:



From a Goodall Koa/Sitka 12-String Jumbo with Abalone Rosette:



From a Goodall Ebony/Redwood Jumbo with Agoya Shell Rosette:



From a Goodall Myrtle/German Spruce Jumbo with Green Heart Abalone Rosette:

[Sage97]

My non-traditional ones.

Edwinson
Redwood by sage972003, on Flickr


Razo
DSC_1016 by sage972003, on Flickr

[stormin1155]

[jt1]

My Kim Walker One Third Century of Progress, with ivoroid and glitter (custum mix of gold, silver, and champagne - really!):

[letterk]

My Furch Red Master's choice. Abalone and Koa.

[Eucatastrophe]

So many beautiful rosettes!

Here’s my McIlroy AP25 custom. I love the understated beauty of the Paua shell surrounded by the Rosewood and Swiss Pear purfling inlays. IMG_7649.jpg