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Hi Bob, they are both finished in Nitrocellulose.

Medium jumbo
Blackwood back and sides
Top Sitca Spruce
Neck New Guinea rose wood
Fret purple gidge
Bridge blackwood

Classical
QLD Maple back and sides
German spruce top
Old growth mahogany neck
Fret board ebony
Ebony purfling
Bridge; Paduk

Looks great Wayne, great set up!

Very nice! love the colour balance , and the proportions of a 12 fret.

Thank you for the kind words, The photos do not do them justice! The fret boards on both guitars are made from Tiger Myrtle.

Well done MAPP! No flys on you :wink: Seriously, nice. What finish did you use and do you have a close up of the rosettes? Thanks Trent, the finish is Nitro/cel and the rosettes are Malle Burl one with segmented abalone on the circumferance, I will take some more photos and try to add to the existi...

Well done MAPP! No flys on you :wink: Seriously, nice. What finish did you use and do you have a close up of the rosettes? Thanks Trent, the finish is Nitro/cel and the rosettes are Malle Burl one with segmented abalone on the circumferance, I will take some more photos and try to add to the existi...

WJ Guitars wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:47 am

Beautiful timber on both guitars they look amazing.

Wayne
https://wjguitars.wixsite.com/mysite-1

Thanks Wayne, I noticed you are in the shire! I am also in the shire at Woolooware might be nice to catch up for a Beer sometime.

I have been reading this forum for some time, and wish to thank all contributors, it has fuelled my interest and helped me create the attached:-12 fret Huon pine cut away, all from the same block, neck,back ,sides and soundboard aprox1200 to 1600 years old, tiger myrtle fret board, also a 14fret Huo...