Acoustic Guitar Construction

Wow! Cool rosette!
I relly like the rosettes by Jason Kostal. He is a former apprentice of Ervin Somogyi and a great builder. If you have never seen one, they are outstanding!
Here is a pic:


The man puts a line of ebony between each piece!! If I had the patience, I might make one, but I do not! I will simply admire them from afar.
Gotta try that abalone rosette technique though Litmus! I have lots of abalone scraps laying around!

Tony

deadedith wrote: Off-topic: What is the country like in your area? Big city or small city or countryside or...?

It's a small village with a few shops, a school and FOUR PUBS! :-) 20 miles from London.
Surrounded by farmland and woodland filled with oak, ash and beech etc. My workshop is steam powered lol

What a lovely countryside! Tell me: is a nice pint of a stout beer really better at room temp?

Also - you've not had any problems with the ca leaching through the shellac?

Tony...I bet you could produce a similar effect using the mosaic style of inlay....cutting those small peices of wood and puzzling them together like that, and then fill with black epoxy....how I did the pearl on black beauty. You will get a similar effect without having to cut the ebony peices as well.