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I'm still plugging away trying to get my new website ready to launch (www.guitarmatch.com). To start I've got dealer arrangements worked out with Kronbauer and Rockbridge guitars, but I'd definitely like to expand that in the future and hope to work with a number of OLF members.

I've put together a little buyer's guide discussing many of the options available in customizing an acoustic guitar but currently don't have the pictures I need to complete it. I'm going to start the long process of looking for photos on the net that illustrate the various elements and asking for permission to use them, but I figured I'd post a list of what I'm looking for in case anybody wants to offer up some photos of guitars you're especially proud of for some (minimal, I know, but it's all I have to offer) publicity.

The pics will be small in the buyer's guide (100x100 or something like that) and I'll included a (c) and your name on the thumbnail. If clicked, it'll open a larger version of the picture. I'll include a "Used by permission of" and your name or website address on the larger pic.

I will probably keep the pics rotating, so i'm not looking for any kind of permanent license.

Feel free to post pics or send me a PM if you've got something that you'd be willing to share.

What I need (the closer the better, in general)

Body Style Archetypes:
    Dread
    Jumbo
    Small Jumbo/GA
    OM/000
    Classical
    Parlor

Bracing Patterns:
    Standard unscalloped X
    Standard scalloped X
    Standard partially scalloped x (treble side thick)
    Forward-shifted scalloped X

Neck Joints:
    Compound dovetail (glued)
    Compound dovetail (bolted)
    Mortise and Tenon (glued)
    Mortise and Tenon (bolted)
    Flush fit bolt-on

Soundboard woods(finished, preferably):
    Red Spruce
    Sitka Spruce
    Red Cedar
    Redwood
    Engelmann Spruce

Back/Sides woods (finished):
    Braz rosewood
    EIR
    Honduran Mahogany
    Walnut
    Cocobolo
    Maple

Bridges/Fingerboards:
   Cocobolo
   Brazilian
   Ebony

Nut/Saddle:
   Bone
   Ivory
   Plastic

Finishes:
   Nitrocellulose lacquer
   Polyester
   Water-based Polyurethane
   French polish

Bindings:
   Plastic
   Ivoroid
   Imitation tortoise
   rosewood
   curly maple
   curly koa
   snakewood
   any others you want to show off

Purfling:
   simple line (b/w/b or otherwise)
   abalone
   herringbone

headplates:
   brazilian
   ebony
   flamed koa
   any others you'd like to show off

rosettes:
   herringbone
   line
   abalone/pearl
   wood (any)

end grafts:
   whatever you've got

Thanks in advance for the help!

Andrew

my photobuckethas some pics of my walnut back& sided mandonaught.

It's NEARLY finished, by the end of next week there'll be some finished pix on there.

Sitka spruce top, & Danish oil BTW

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Andrew,

You are welcome to grab something off my website if you like. My classical and steel string gallery pages may have some of the items you are looking for.
www.obrienguitars.com

Same here. Feel free to grab what you want of my website.

Trinidad Guitars

Let me know if you use anything I'd like to see it...

Appreciate all the help on and off the thread. I'll be sure to add a link to everyone who's offered to help in my "friends" section!

Andrew