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Mike Collins
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I love the rose pics !
It's nice to see so many different roses and ideas.
here's 2 of my latest.
Ambrosia Maple & Abalone .
Desert Ironwood and rope.



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Beautiful work Mike!

Just my 2 cents but I think I would have spun the ambrosia maple so the
break in the pattern would have fallen into the fretboard extension area.

Nonetheless, I would love to have produced such beautiful rosettes and all
these wonderful examples give me something to strive for.

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Man Mike! Those are beautiful!

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WOW!!!  Those are great.  I really love the Desert Ironwood and Rope one.  That is magnificent.

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[QUOTE=uncleshish] Beautiful work Mike!

Just my 2 cents but I think I would have spun the ambrosia maple so the
break in the pattern would have fallen into the fretboard extension area.

Nonetheless, I would love to have produced such beautiful rosettes and all
these wonderful examples give me something to strive for.[/QUOTE]

Sorry, I meant the Desert Ironwood

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Chris;
my wife said the same thing about the rose .
BUT I wanted the open look of the large area with no figure!
it draws your eye to it !
It must work or you wouldn't have been drawn to it!
Plus it keeps the rose from looking to homoginized and typical.

Thanks for the replys!
I got the Ironwood from gilmer .com

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Chris;
my wife said the same thing about the rose .
BUT I wanted the open look of the large area with no figure!
it draws your eye to it !
It must work or you wouldn't have been drawn to it!
Plus it keeps the rose from looking to homoginized and typical.

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I got the Ironwood from gilmerwood .com

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Beautiful work Mike. The maple looks stately, and the ironwood looks like it's on fire. Sweet! What sort of guitars will these become part of?
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Hi Mike ,
              They are both mighty fine rosettes . The desertwood is stunning . Looks like the flare of the sun to me .

   

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Carlton;
the Maple & Abalone is a cutaway rosewood steel with a Lutz top !With a frog inlay from Paul Boudreau!
It's for a Flamenco guitarist!!!!!
The Ironwood is in cedar for a radial braced classic of
Imbuia from Don of New England Tonewoods.!
Both are going to Montreal for the show and both are sold already!
Man I wish I could keep one!!!!!!
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Craig-
Desert Ironwood from what I've read is the most unstable wood in the world!!!!
It's expensive and hard as all hell !!!!!
BUT i have some more and would not hesitate to buy more!

Thanks for the nice reply!
HHey got any wood to trade to us guys on the top side of the world??
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Superb! Something about that first rosette looks quite familiar... We likes it.

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What width is the abalone at? Did you purchase curved pieces or cut from a blank? Nice job all around!

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Very, very nice!

Didn't you do a tutorial on how you did these some time back? Can't seem to find it....
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Super job Mike ! They both look awesome.
The Desert Ironwood is especially Gorgeous!!

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Those look great Mike. I really dig the Ironwood rose.

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The abalone is .063 Ablam !
it's the first time I've used it.
very easy to use !
In the maple rose there are wavy lines which do not come out in the pic !

Mattia yes i did -it must be in the archives.

Steve -there is something familiar!Looks alike like yours !But i like your center wood better than this maple.

In Newport the "Duke of Pearl" was there with so much stuff I just went crazy buying pearl-especially good colored stuff.
I have a rose that's BLUE -it's abalone and is just stunning!!!

The Ironwood is my favorite also but the player that ordered the other rose picked his out of 5 examples i showed him.

Gilmer has so much figured wood to pick fromthat's it's hard to decide which to order.

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Mike super nice... I like them both.

I've got a couple 5-6" diameter ironwood branches that are about 5' long...now I am real curious to slice one open.
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[QUOTE=Mike Collins] ...both are sold already! I wish I could keep one!!!!!![/QUOTE]
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Hey Mikey! Up to your usual high standards! Those are just wonderful! I am acquiring quite a good stash of highly figured rosette woods for my own use and just today (I am down in Vancouver, drove here, and fly to Ottawa for a few days tomorrow) picked up some quilted alder! Never ever seen this stuff before! It looks very promising for roses! I just need to work out how I want to do all of that and will be using your work for high inspiration!

We should talk soon...I think we have both been TOOO busy!

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