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MartinTaylor

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This is m version of a Les Paul with Australian Red Cedar top, Mahogany body and neck, Rosewood fretboard, Ebony pickguard and covers and Golden Age PAF style pups. My building background is more in acoustics but there is just something reassuring about the shape of a Les Paul. The top is all hand shaped, no CNC here, just plan old chisels, finger planes, scrapers and a little bit of paper. Nitro finish with just a small amount of transparent black burst in the top over the natural colour of the cedar.

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That wood on the top has a ton of character. Nice work!
 
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Distinctly redwood- check out a couple of Banker's redwood guitars.
 
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corpse said:
Distinctly redwood- check out a couple of Banker's redwood guitars.
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Not redwood, but Australian Red Cedar, Toona Australis. It's not really a cedar at all but closer to a mahogany. It is rare to find old growth pieces large enough for guitar tops now and the slab that this came off was salvaged form an old storm blown tree.
 
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That belongs in an art gallery. Absolutely superb work. The grain pattern on the top is gorgeous.
 
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That is sexy!

The wood grain reminds me of dragon skin (if there were such a thing).
 
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