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Okay, John Elshaw is looking for some inspiration, I'll put up a couple of mine, just to start it off. Show him yours!

Here is another:

One More: Abalone, first was MOP, middle was Martin D28 Standard

hi there,

this one was just strips of rosewood veneer and sycamore veneer, old spanish style

DANG, Now that's what I'm talking about. I gotta learn how to do that! I think I'm about done inlaying pre-made classical rosettes. I think I'm gonna have to go order some abalone tonight.    

Cheers!

John

Some More for you John

Russell, these are cool. I about had a cow when I saw the black one with inlaid dots. That's amazing. I like all these wood and wood with abalone rosettes, gets my juices flowing.

That last one though must be cocobolo in Red Cedar, I really like the look. Have you considered a 45 degree or 90 degree turn to the grain? Anyway, the next coco I do is getting a rosette like this, and a coco headstock. I'm savin' this pic.

Wide, wood with bwbbwb purfling rosettes, only two I've done to date. I'll be slipping the next few down just a hair (to fit the models), but I do like this style:

London Plane ('lacewood')


Burl Maple

Cuban mahogany and snakewood with bwb purfling inside and outside.

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Nice work, Dave. That's a great design. Is that an X-Brace I see in the back?

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Dave That is very cool.

Thanks Bruce

Its good fun drilling all the holes for the dots to go in !!

Yes purhaps I should shift the grain a bit, that one is Brazilian Rosewood.

Nice Classic look Mattia, I like wood and a simple border too.

OK - Here is the amateur builder posting. These are the first and second rosettes I have made.

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[QUOTE=Dave White] Cuban mahogany and snakewood with bwb purfling inside and outside.

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Very nice... quite creative..   

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Here's a funky/simple one I just finished for build #3. It's just a bunch of BWB purfling on curly sycamore inset into a Lutz top.

Skip

and something a bit differant

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[QUOTE=RussellR] Dave That is very cool.[/QUOTE]

Yep. Very, very cool. Might have to steal that one for inspiration! Give me a use for those smaller bits of scrap I'm never quite sure what the heck to do with...

Skip, that's almost psychedelic! I like it.

Man,

you guys are just fantastic!, i think i'm going to save every photo here, Talk about creativity! I'm just jealous of what i see and can't wait to see what i'll be able to do for 2 and 3! Very inspiring!

Thank you all!

Serge

Here are a few of mine












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[QUOTE=Dave White] Cuban mahogany and snakewood with bwb purfling inside and outside.

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Dave, that is very classy...always the innovator, very well done.

Cheers

Kim

As a classical builder I usually just install a premade rosette, but now I think I'd like to make my own. Here's my first attempt. I didn't have any of the cool MOP or abalam, so I had to use what was around the shop. Does anybody recognize the wood? I know at least one guy here should...   





Cheers!

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Wow these are great, I'm inspired thanks for asking John, and thanks for posting guys. Mayes, did your pic upload fully, I saw about an inch of the top. I'll try again, still sucking pictures through with dialup. Not cheap, Thrifty!