Gluing the top. The bass side of the top is Western red cedar, the treble side Engelmann spruce. I was intrigued by the idea of using a two-wood top, after seeing photos of Harry Fleishman's and Danny Ferrington's guitars with split-wood tops. I am curious to see if the two different woods bring out different qualities in the bass and treble strings. |
The soundboard after I have joined the two halves. |
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Here is the top, after I have cut out rings from each half, to inlay into the contrasting side. I thought that, since I had the split-wood top, it might be interesting to create this visual effect of opposites. |
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After having routed out the channel for the rings, I first glued the 1/16" blue ring, and then the 1/4" green ring (made by laminating three sheets of the green veneer and then cutting out a ring with my Dremel circle cutter). |
Next, I glued in the outer two blue rings, with a teflon strip sandwiched in between. After that had dried, I pulled out the teflon strip, which left a channel into which I glued curved green abalone strips. This photo was taken right after gluing, before I had leveled it all down. |
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Here is the final rosette, after leveling down and cutting out the soundhole. |
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