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I finally got this one finished up

I had this great looking piece of mahogany and wanted to do something fun with it, so .. I ripped and flipped it and got this chevron thing going ..

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And it ended up looking like this


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Wow! Great job!!

I'll say!!

Thanks

Some specs

African mahogany and curly hard maple
25" scale
1 7/8" - (3/8") string spacing at the nut
Bone nut
The pickup is a hand wound BG-Pups H-90, P90 type in HB size, A2 mags give it an sweet open chimey warm tone.
Bridge is a polished aluminum top loader I made ... need to get some pics of it yet.
Cocobolo knob for the bridge cover
Fret markers and dot bezels are inlayed aluminum with abalone dots.
Finish is hand rubbed Tru Oil

Beautiful work Tom! Wow!

gorgeouso!

Beautiful work and I really really like the shape. It is so.....right!

Mmm, Hippy Sandwich! I love it.

Great job, Tom!

In the words of my father-in-law, "Holy Cannoli!"

Looks great, Tom -- the wood is beautiful and your workmanship, as always, is outstanding.

Darn and just when I thought my latest was pretty cool looking, you go and do this.Just out right drop dead beee-u-teee-fulll.

OUTSTANDING!!!

Thanks all, this was a fun one to build

Looks beautiful and comfortable to play as well!

Magnifique !

Fantastic Tom!!! Is that bridge cover carved out of mahogany?! Outstanding design and work!

Fred

Wow, drop dead gorgeous! If it's ever for sale, let me be the first in line. Like Jimmie Carter, I'm lusting in my heart.

Jude

Hi Tom,

Thats a beautiful guitar. Great design and imagination. Is it a shellac base, oil finish too?

Stunning, congratulations

Cheers

Alan

Tom, you're a sadist, tempting the world with your guitar. Congratulations on being able to construct such a beautiful piece of woodwork and WOW! what craftsmanship. I thought your other referenced pieces of work were great, but i really think you've outdone yourself with this one. If you're contemplating 'beating this one', how 'bout keeping it to yourself. My envy can't stand to be any greater.

phred

That would be right at home in an art museum, it's absolutely gorgeous.

Thanks again all

Fred .. yes, I made that from a bookmatched piece of the body wood.
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Jude ... I have thought about putting it up for sale, first dibs is yours

Alan ... Its all Tru Oil

Fred S ... LoL ... there will be another, started cutting up the wood this weekend

Beautiful!

I love the shape of that one. . .and your use of the light & dark woods.

Keep up the good work & keep sharing pictures!

Vince

Thanks Jim and Vince

I love maple and mahogany together, visually they look great and tonally they compliment each other.