Guitar No. 100 featured in Luthiers.com

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Tim’s 100th guitar was made for a private collector who specified African blackwood back and sides and abalone purfling which was inspired by a previous build, but the client wanted bloodwood binding instead of the Koa of the original. That decision led to creating a new rosette that incorporated the bloodwood and more abalone.

To tie into the red color of the bloodwood, Tim added red Mandevilla flowers to the vine fingerboard inlay and added them as an inlay on the bridge.

More abalone purfling was added to the neck, headstock, fingerboard and on the sides. The gold etched Waverly tuning machines were specified by the client and were appropriate for this guitar.