This marks a minor milestone for me of 300 real life case studies of modal tuning as applied to the traditional x-brace platform.
I try to keep these guitars as simple as possible in order to spend more time on the voicing process and less time on anything else. These are about the least amount of work I’m willing to put into a guitar with the exception of bindings/purflings (guitars look cheap to me without them even if they’re not), finger board binding (guitars look cheap to me without them even if they’re not), and stepped tuner holes which is not necessary on satin guitars, but only takes an extra few seconds.
This has some figured wood, which is no extra work, and a more modern rosette as per request of the client. I’m looking forward to putting that data towards more advanced designs such as falcate bracing and general carbon fibre shenanigans.
I shipped this out a week or so ago…
And yes, that is TUSQ for nut, saddle, and pins, and yes, I do like it better than bone…;)