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I have the first one strung up. After I get all of the photos sorted, I will post the process.

Still need different bridge pins, lower the action, end pin, clean up the finish, and a few minor things and adjustments. g

Oh my—What a stunning instrument!
Grant, I really appreciate Herculean efforts, and your is about the best I’ve seen.
Texas-sized kudos to you sir.

Steve

Incredible piece of work, Grant, and so well executed - great job!

Grant, that is truly an amazing guitar. You my are a MASTER! Did you ever post the diemensions? A muesum piece for sure.
Mike

Thanks, everybody, for the kind words. I reworked some bridge pins to a flatter top and larger abalone dots to match those on the original guitar. Used the same abalone blank that I used in the decorations below the bridge.
g

Looks great, Grant. If you said already, I missed it…but what is the material used for your bridge?

Steve Kinnaird wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:57 pm Looks great, Grant. If you said already, I missed it…but what is the material used for your bridge?

Steve, Bridges on the original guitars were solid ivory. I do have a chunk of mammoth ivory that is almost big enough, but not quite. I found some knife handle material, some kind of resin, that looks almost exactly like the mammoth ivory that I have, so that is what I used. I considered using bone, but the density seemed way too much for such a small, lightly built guitar.

g

G, you are simply amazing - what a gorgeous guitar. Can’t wait to play it!