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Gimar

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blanca #2

pictures say enough I guess

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 14 2012 19:23:48

Gimar

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

Since I'm also making the rosette myself, I want to make my own pegs, based on the headstock design.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 14 2012 19:25:23

Gimar

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

I dry fitted the rosette today, I'm pretty excited, and I already have some idea's for upcoming rosettes.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 20 2012 21:12:27

Anders Eliasson

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

Hi Gimar.
Your work is comming along nicely. I´m not a fan of mosaic rosettes, but yours has a nice "quiet" beauty.
The back plate is nice. I love the striping. Its a bit wide grained, so be carefull and not make it to thin and floppy.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 21 2012 7:35:22

Gimar

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

thanks for the input Anders! I havent gotten to the process of thicknessing the plates yet.
I just inlayed the tiles in my soundboard, the outer rings will be next whenever I feel like it.

This wil probally be a slow build, I'm about to lose my day time job so I'm kind of stressed and I don't work well under stress, then again who does.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 22 2012 22:06:19

constructordeguitarras

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

Beautiful work, Gimar. I love your rosette, both the mosaic and the way the outer rings look with it. Everything looks great.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 24 2012 16:07:01

Gimar

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

things are realy slow for me at the moment, mostly because I got a offered a job for a electric guitar custom shop.

I made some slips here and there, and things turned out slightly different than I had planned, but I still manage to finish my very first handmade rosette

The rings are made out of maccasar ebony, maple, cypress, and honduras rosewood, i cut my own veneers for the rings myself because i couldnt buy veneer that I liked... hell of a job but I'm happy with the result.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 20 2012 19:54:32

Gimar

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

I deceided to go with the honduras rosewood back + sides after all, since I already had the back braced. Also this set wa spoorly matched, and I'm considering this to be a test guitar to try out some new stuff so I'm saving the nice set of cypress for a later guitar.

still trying to figure out what I want to do with the binding, so any input is very welcome.
I was thinking about a cypress outer ring, with something darker inside to add contrast.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 12 2012 15:39:18

Gimar

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RE: blanca #2 (in reply to Gimar)

Headstock veneer is madagascar rosewood, If I knew before hand that I would change the back + sides to honduras rosewood I woudl have used a matching piece of headstock veneer.