 A J-White Lady Custom Cutaway. Fancy Heel Carving
The heel carving from this guitar was a little diffferent than stock White Lady heels with a bit more detailing and an intaglio style bordering. For a pictoral "How To" on heel carving, go to the ShopTalk page. |
One
of the most requested guitars, especially with my
Japanese clients, is the J model. It is
the best straight fingerpicking guitar I make. It is
super well balanced from top to bottom with a nice crisp,
quick responsiveness. It also looks really sexy. I
patterned it after the Gibson J-185, but make it
less deep and brace it with scalloped bracing, creating a
sound far superior to the original source. The unconventional looking one to the left is a custom White Lady with a complex series of curly maple and ebony wedges for the fingerboard and headstock overlay, into which is inlaid a rendering of Columbus discovering the West Indies (and an eagle on the headstock). I only did this pattern once and plan to keep it that way!
Inlay close-up. (Return to MODELS page.) |
