Small Concert, SC, Prototype BRW/ Itialian

[tlguitars]

Rosette is done!!



Currently getting the braces glued on.

[Chris Paulick]

Nice! Been busy since you have been back from PA I see.

[Lefty]

Todd,

I like that rosette! Did you take any photos of it's construction?

Lefty

[tlguitars]

Hey Lefty, sorry this is slow in answering but my rosettes are done like this:
You install in this order*:

1. Inner wood, for me it's 16 pieces grain out.
2. Then I route the outer rings and install them.
3. Route the inner cavities leaving the .75" transition off.
4. Carve the transition for one ring (inside-out on one side and outside-in on the other).
5. Install (glue in) that ring, and a filler strip.
6. Cut through the band and carve the transition for the outer ring.
7. Install middle and outer ring.

*Design the idea for the rosette (as a spin off of a friends design of the back twist lines) and have him CNC it with permission.

The guitar as it is now in the white:






Headstock plates are African Blackwood. Sooo not fun to fret or route to shape.

Sealer and 1st layers of nitro:

[tlguitars]

Buffing and Fret leveling.
Tuners are installed. Neck and body is Buffed, glued on and ready to go.




Frets are leveled and polished. Bridge pins are reamed.



And now I'm (are you ready Dennis? Here it comes...) sanding my nuts to size.

[Dennis Leahy]

And now I'm (are you ready Dennis? Here it comes...) sanding my nuts to size.

You may want to consider buying a larger size tighty-whities!

Again, thanks for posting this in the middle of your rush. We'll be excited to get more details, more photos, and maybe even some sound clips later (even if they sell at the show - just make that request of the buyer!)

Dennis

[MrZ]

Wow , what a beautiful guitar.Thanks for sharing.

Z