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This was a custom piece, hand picked by the customer's mother. Her son is about to come home from boot camp in the Marine Corps, and he's a guitar player. She picked out the medallions for the Marines and Freemasons that are epoxied to the shoulders, the dog tag inlaid into the headstock, and I did the cross with the thorns on the back because they are christians. The bridge is rosewood, bound in maple (and b/w/b), and seated on a padauk slab. The back plate has a maple inlay for the cross, and the thorn vine with the three leaves for the trinity were done with a wood burning tool. His mom nearly passed out when she saw the guitar, and her son will have a nice instrument to bring with him to wherever Uncle Sam sends him, and wherever America needs him.

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http://www.sixgunguitars.com

Nice piece for someone coming home. I'm sure he will rwally appreciate it.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I like that bound bridge. Neat idea