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Acoustic Guitar - Materials:
- soundboard: Sitka spruce
- back/sides: East Indian rosewood (sides = pre-bent, dreadnought shape)
- neck: Madagascar rosewood
- fretboard: ebony
- fretting wire: 4’ spool
- bridge blank: ebony
- headplate: ebony
- brace wood: Sitka spruce, 2 blocks 24”x2”x2”
- kerfing: spruce
- end block: mahogany (only because spruce wasn’t in stock)
- rosette: simple herringbone pattern
- binding: black plastic (2 of Bolteron 1/16”x ¼”x 71”)
- inlay material: Paua abalone shell dots, 4 each 4.72mm, 6mm
- bone nut blank
- bone compensated saddle blank
- bridge pins: black with abalone shell dots
- tuning machines: Gotoh chrome
- truss rod
- pickguard (clear)
- glue: instrument glue (LMI)
I ordered all materials (with the exception of the rosewood neck) from Luthiers Mercantile International. I bought the neck separately with the intention of trying to match the sides and back. LMI didn’t have rosewood, so I picked some up at a local exotic hardwood supply (Eisenbrand Exotic Hardwoods, in Torrance, CA).
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