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Ordering abalone for fretboard inlay on the kids' Terz. I haven't bought abalone in decades, can't remember how big an area an ounce of abalone would be. Can somebody clue me in? Thx.

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Typically 14-16 pieces from ?”-1" wide x 1”-1 1/2" long. They are likely to be ill-regular shaped meaning trapezoidal in shape. Sometimes you run across abalone 1 ?” wide x 2” long but not often


I wish I could typ I typed 4-6 the first time should be 14-16MichaelP38842.7234375

another way to look at it is about 5 to 5 1/2" total square area but like I said the blanks will be ill-regular in shape.MichaelP38842.7253472222

Our fine sponsor, Allied Lutherie has some nice specials on red abalone and a mix of gold and white mother of pearl. Check it out.... down at the bottom right.
Specials page for Red Abalone

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Hi Burbank! We recently ordered an ounce of red abalone from one of Allied's specials. I counted them right from the bag and there are 8 pieces with the average size at about 1" x 1 1/2". I must say there are some beautiful ones in there and will be fun to work with. We also ordered a 1/2 pound of gold MOP on another one of their specials and WOW, that was a lot of pearl. I have used some on two inlay projects already and still have quite a bit left.

Good luck and I can't wait to see the fretboard when you get it finished. Do we get an inside scoop on what the design will be?

Lacey,

This is my second. It's a Terz for my kids, but mostly for my daughter (she's 9, my 6 y.o. son wants an electric). I'm from Hawaii and she's very interested in things Hawaiian, so it will be in koa from Doug Kleist of Blue Spirit, with a Lutz top from BobC. The fb will be a Japanese-like rendition of bamboo ,at least that's the plan, and something small that's related to palm trees, but I don't know yet where that will go. Maybe an orchid somewhere. We'll see!

Thanks for all the info!burbank38842.8087268519

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