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| Author: | burbank [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:08 am ] |
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Last weekend I finished the first rosette made with the circle routing jig I built last month. No more sweating bon bons like I did when lowering a spinning flycutter in my drill press down onto that fragile spruce. This was SO easy. Clean cuts, too. 
I've always liked the "phantom" trim ring that's implied by the soundhole. Here it is with different lighting. Shows the donkey ab a bit better, before I cut the soundhole. 
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| Author: | burbank [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:37 am ] |
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Hesh, It's from donkey teeth! 
No, really, it's a softer-colored ab. Very subtle, which I like. I got it from LMI, haven't seen it anywhere else. Their picture and mine don't do it justice. I had intended to use some pretty paua for this koa 000 for my nephew, but decided it didn't suit his taste, mine either for this guitar, which we wanted to be understated. |
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| Author: | robertD [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:48 am ] |
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Pat, I think it has a very elegant look about it! Very, very nice! 
Robert |
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| Author: | Chris Cordle [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:45 am ] |
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Very tasteful rosette and executed quite well indeed! |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:21 am ] |
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Very nice! I too like the smoother look of the Donkey abalone... I like that 'phantom' look too! |
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| Author: | burbank [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:37 am ] |
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Thanks for the kind comments! Hesh, yes it's a relief and.... I'll leave it at that 
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| Author: | Cocephus [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:24 am ] |
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Nice work, pat!
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| Author: | KenH [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:48 am ] |
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Nice lookin rosette! Keep up the good work |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:20 pm ] |
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Nice rosette, Pat. Will you use more donkey ab for purfling around the top? Steve |
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| Author: | burbank [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:20 pm ] |
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Thanks, Ken and Coe. [QUOTE=Steve Kinnaird] Nice rosette, Pat. Will you use more donkey ab for purfling around the top? Steve[/QUOTE] I suggested it, thought it would look nice and subtle, but my nephew declined. Said he's not so into inlay, though he's pretty excited about the bamboo motif I'll have on the headstock. |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:56 am ] |
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Yeah, that will look fine too. That rosette will stand alone nicely. Might I suggest a simple b/w/b purfling that would match the rest of the rosette? It will all tie together beautifully... in a simple sort of way. Steve |
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| Author: | burbank [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:25 am ] |
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Yup, Steve, that's the plan. |
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