Lion of Judah - Page 2

Marcus Wong · #16 04-04-2015, 07:21 PM

I'm not too aware of an event happening. Is this down at Heirlooms? I was under the impression that this was headed to their museum! Pretty crazy that it is headed to a player!! Haha

jlott00 · #17 04-04-2015, 08:57 PM

That's amazing !!!

harvl · #18 04-04-2015, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by billgennaro

I particularly love the Lion inlay. It looks as if it is mostly, if not completely, made of wood, and it is rather dramatic yet quite subtle at the same time. Just beautiful. Harv's work always, always floors me (and I'm not a big inlay fan).

It's all wood except for the eyes which are a root beer colored polyester and a gold polyester. Woods are Koa, sycamore, bloodwood, ebony, pau ferro and Bastogne walnut. I think I cut it 3 times before it looked right...

It was a lot of fun to cut and I really love the way the fretboard wood choice and dark sunburst that Tim and Mary chose sets a nice mood for the inlay.

Harv

billgennaro · #19 04-04-2015, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by harvl

It all wood except for the eyes which are a root beer colored polyester and a gold polyester. Woods are Koa, sycamore, bloodwood, ebony, pau ferro and Bastogne walnut. I think I cut it 3 times before it looked right...

It was a lot of fun to cut and I really love the way the fretboard wood choice and dark sunburst that Tim and Mary chose sets a nice mood for the inlay.

Harv

Thanks for the insight, Harv (and the artistry)!

swiftz07 · #20 04-05-2015, 12:29 AM

Looks like Andrew's got a winner! Wonderful Work Tim and Harv!!

strings4him · #21 04-05-2015, 04:36 AM

The owner needs to order its twin: Lamb of God

Beautiful piece of functional art. Thanks for posting.

CoolerKing · #22 04-05-2015, 09:44 AM

Harvey, did you also do this inlay for an Omega baritone that someone on the forum owns? I really like it.

harvl · #23 04-05-2015, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by matthewpartrick

Harvey, did you also do this inlay for an Omega baritone that someone on the forum owns? I really like it.

No but that one was the inspiration... as in Tim said "can you do something like this?" I took a slightly more realistic approach (as is my nature

) and used a different image to base mine on. I have always really liked what Kevin did (or person who did the inlay) on that Omega.

David Wren · #24 04-05-2015, 12:18 PM

Beautiful!!!

JoeCharter · #25 04-05-2015, 04:49 PM

Beautiful guitar and inlay -- congrats!

Steve Kinnaird · #26 04-05-2015, 07:50 PM

Tim, Mary, and Harv, sure wish this one was coming to Memphis.
It would be fun to ogle that up close and in person. Lovely work!

Steve

StringMeUp · #27 04-05-2015, 08:59 PM

This turned out great!

CoolerKing · #28 04-05-2015, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by harvl

No but that one was the inspiration... as in Tim said "can you do something like this?" I took a slightly more realistic approach (as is my nature

) and used a different image to base mine on. I have always really liked what Kevin did (or person who did the inlay) on that Omega.

Your work is just as impressive, and the subject matter is very resonant with me.

Tim McKnight · #29 04-06-2015, 10:49 AM

Thanks for all of the kind and positive comments. Without Harv's artistic contribution this wouldn't have been as special of a project as it was.

Here is a link where you can see and hear this guitar live in a few weeks. Better get your tickets now as they are expecting at least 50,000 in attendance!

https://www.facebook.com/JDOP2015

Drdos L-10A · #30 04-06-2015, 11:01 AM

Wow! I love it. Thanks for Sharing.