Final pics and video

Haven't posted in awhile but here are pics of the finished guitar. The keen eyed amongst you may note that the guitar body looks different from previous pics, and that's because it is. During lacquer stages, the first guitar body developed cracks that I decided were un-repairable and un-acceptable for   a custom guitar. So I had to abandon it and build a second body. The new body is made from Higuerilla wood. Here are pictures and link to a video of my son and myself playing it.

Guitar Demo on YouTube

finishing pictures

Using an orage shellac base on the soundboard to bring out the bear claw figure, then Tru-Oil on top. Back and side will be KTM water based lacquer

more pictures

This years raffle guitar (2013)

Here is a quick post about this years guitar to be raffled in December, 2013.

Materials:
tonewoods: fretboard, bridge and headstock: Granadillo (amazon rosewood)
soundboard: Sitka spruce
inlays: mother of pearl
binding: curly koa with BWB strips
tuners: Gotoh mini
nut and saddle: corian

Delivering the guitar...

Tonight we delivered the guitar to Ron at his sister-in-laws house where they were visiting for Christmas. He treated us to a couple songs on it, and here is a video of one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjVZEPwSC0

And the winner is...

This winner of the raffle guitar is .... Dr. Ron Rutowski! And who is he? Well in addition to being Uncle to several of the AHS band kids, he is also head of the Biology dept. at University of Arizona, a world renowned butterfly expert, and former member of the Jeff Dayton Band, which was also the backup band for none other than Glenn Campbell. So the guitar will have a good home.

Here are a couple video links of myself and my son trying out the guitar after it was finished:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xn-WiCVQ5w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPnEBYT_lc

and more pics

Kudos...

Before I forget, I need to give credit and thanks to Kevin at Gurian Instruments in Seattle. Kevin did the CNC inlays for the fretboard and headstock, which includes adopting the CAD drawings in the computer to realize my vision for the morphing Greyhounds. Even though I outsourced this, Kevin is himself a former Atascadero resident, so we're still keeping it local!

Thanks Kevin for all your help!