It has been a while since my last post to the blog here and I apologize for that. A lot has been going on in terms of building out some new shop space and bringing some new machines into the workspace. Once they are all up and running I will be sure to document them here. I will say that they will add a whole new element as to what I am able to do, which is very exciting!
In terms of what I am working on currently there are a whole group of guitars in stages right now. Some will be finished soon and I will dedicate a whole post to them alone but for now I want to focus on one guitar in particular I am working on and very excited about.
This guitar is my model CLM shape and it is the first wedged body that I have done. I am using a very nice set of Ziricote for the back and sides. I love the slight asymmetry of the back plate, I think it is really beautiful. For this guitar I am trying to keep it simple and classy, most of the woods will be dark ziricote and the only splashes of color will be a few restrained bursts of myrtle burl. I did a guitar last year that combined those 2 woods and they worked wonderfully together, I wanted to revisit it for this instrument.
This guitar will have a Swiss spruce soundboard and a slothead headstock. The neck will either be a stained mahogany or a natural walnut, I am not quite decided yet and will want to hear the braced soundboard before I make a full decision. Progress has been slow but steady and everything has gone very well, I can’t wait to see it come together. You can see in the photo of the rosette that the myrtle burl almost glows with depth, I expect that aspect to be heightened once the guitar is complete and the depth of saturation in the Ziricote offsets it. Please enjoy the progress shots.
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Another LeGeyt beauty!