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Ken Jones
PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:13 am 
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Hello all! This was a long time coming, but she's finally strung up and purring melifluously.

Long story short, the customer and I wanted to memorialize the Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine, (which was eradicated by humans in the early 20th C.) thanks in part to the incredible Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle back and sides, which look very much like a tiger pelt. We ran with the theme and decided to use their paw prints at the 12th fret, and a big inlay on the headstock. The good news for the thylacine is that they may be one of the first animals to be revived through genetic cloning. ImageImageImageImageImageImageImage
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Odalisque Model
Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle b&s
Mastergrade Alpine Spruce top
Red Spruce (top) and mahogany (back) bracing
25.25" x 25.75" fan
Ebony bindings, bevels, fb, headplate, backstrap
Bois de Rose bridge, BRW bridge plate
Gotoh 510 21:1 tuners
Cardinal lacquer

I'm waiting to receive fossilized walrus Ivory bridge pins. I'll also be installing a K&K Pure Western Mini pickup before it goes out the door. Thanks for looking!



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Doug Balzer
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Lovely! I've always liked that Tiger Myrtle

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Lovely, like art work!

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gorgeous!

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That Thylacine inlay came out great!

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Ken, that is awesome. I love the figure in the Tiger Myrtle.

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Grrrrrr... purrrr.... That is the cat's pajamas. Beautiful Ken.

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Nice looking guitar Ken.
The volute looks unique and also a lot of work. Like the bevels too.
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Beautiful work!!!
Gotta be one of my favorites I've seen on this site.
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Stunning!
The headstock inlay really turned out well.
Very cool integration of the bevels....!
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Great looking guitar! That set of Myrtle is amazing! Love the rosette and the ebony really makes it look rich and classy.

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Really nice job. I like the bevel.
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All of the above plus 1!

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Now, that right there is one genuinely purty guitar. It's RIGHT purty!
Seriously, it's awesomely pretty.
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Beautiful Ken, absolutely beautiful!!!! TM looks so very organic too - very cool!
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Everything about that one is excellent!

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That turned out fantastic. I especially like the integration of the bevels.
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Yee-haw!

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Thanks everybody! I'm enjoying getting to play it in for a bit before it goes away, and getting it into the hands of some much better players than me. Proper photos and A/V are forthcoming.


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What a fine looking playing machine. It has it all. [clap] [clap] [clap]
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