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Comment by Taffy Evans on October 24, 2019 at 8:46pm

Hi Rich, the white inlays are mother of pearl, the black inlays are ebony, and the white inlay around the 4 hearts on the butt of the body is rock maple.

The hearts inside the ody as reinforcing are spruce.

Thanks for looking Taff

Comment by Rich Butters on October 24, 2019 at 2:47pm

Hi Taffy, I was looking at the inlay work and its beautiful. Is that 'mother of pearl' or a powder / acrylic inlay

Comment by Diglydog on October 19, 2019 at 9:40pm

Thanks for taking the time to put that slideshow together - it's really interesting. It's a fantastic looking instrument and I can only admire the complexity, accuracy and finish of the build.  It's inspired me to go and have a look at basic inlay techniques.  Nice work !

Comment by Uncle John on October 19, 2019 at 3:39am

Taffy, those hearts and heart sound hole are nice touches,   The rosette is fine work, but I liked it unadorned as well.  Oooh, nice X bracing.    It's cool to see this exacting process.   WOW on the binding.   And the end product looks amazing,  I would love to sample it.  

At my skill level (both building and playing ) and my tool and workshop levels, I am sticking to simple, poor man's guitars.  I am working on improving my six string play.   If I get adept at what I am trying to learn, I may someday reward myself with a nice factory six.  Maybe a Taylor Mini GS.

Good on you and what you do.

Comment by Dave Lynas on October 18, 2019 at 11:31pm

Denbo said it Taffy. Wow! Real Luthiery.