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IIRC Manuel Contreras did some "falcate" bracing in the early seventies:

Wow Joe, this is just a beauty! If a guitar is blonde it doesn't mean it is stupid. I also would leave it its natural colours. You'll see that daylight will do wonders after finishing it!

I'm a bit late to the party, but I have to say that I find look of the finished guitar for several reasons quite cool. Amongst other things I see it as a strong statement against "wood beauty snobbery". Further, the term "old look" (for a guitar) may have to get redefined! :lol: ...

whitespruce wrote:OK, first of all I want you to notice that I have cleaned off my bench Yes, that IS the same bench as in the last post.

Hmmm... very inspiring!

That bark purfling sounds ...errr I mean looks sensational!

Grant, I love your idea to make a "viewing port" :lol: . You also could mount a camera inside and inlay a monitor in the headstock if that space would not yet be occupied by the logo. Well not really, but at least we have your build thread here. :) Good to see that you have more of these s...

Baked rosette? Just kidding, actually thought of doing some wood just to get different colors. Cherry turns a nice shade and really brings out the flame in Maple as we saw in the other thread. Looking forward to the bark rosette, Why kidding? As you say the different colours that can be achieved by...

I love the looks of those airplane wing rib - braces!

Thank you for the detailed reply. Sure, free wood is some of the coolest things that can happen to an open minded instrument builder. Although, when "it happened" to me (10 cherry trees and one silver fir tree :o ) I was not sure if it was a blessing or a curse, because I had no idea where...