NGR/Cedar build

[Taffy Evans]

This guitar was finished late last year. It is made using New Guinea rosewood back and sides and neck, with a Cedar top. The inlays are mother-of-pearl and ebony. It’s a “000’ size guitar with gold frets and gold tuners. On this guitar, the sides were laminated as an experiment, which possibly accounts for the long sustaining notes and fullness of sound.
Geckos are regular visitors to my shop, but this is not one of them.
Cheers Taff

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Thanks for looking.

[56nortondomy]

Very nice Taffy. Great inlay.
Wayne

[Mark McLean]

I love the gekko! It immediately makes you smile and gives the instrument a fun and friendly vibe. The rest of the instrument looks great too.

[TomBicknell]

Very nice. I’ve got some really nicely figured NGR I’m itching to build with.

Did you laminate the sides with another layer of NGR, or something else?

[kiwigeo]

Normally with laminated sides the outer layer is decorative and you'd use a tonewood. The inner layer is usually a cheaper wood. I did a laminated side parlour and used IRW on the outside and maple on the inside.

Laminated sides serve two purposes....1. more economical use of quality tonewoods that might be in short supply and 2. to create an impedance to string energy leaking from the soundboard down the sides.

Very nice. I’ve got some really nicely figured NGR I’m itching to build with.

Did you laminate the sides with another layer of NGR, or something else?