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Wow. It takes more talent than I have to do that inlay in spruce. Hats off to you!

Thank You so much! Means a lot! Been working hard to get my inlays just right and I found that segmented rosettes are my favorite!


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I really like your inlays, bindings, etc. but what impresses me the most is the shape. Your guitar is very graceful, I particularly like the nice round bottom (lower bout) with no sign of the ubiquitous flat spot.

Thank you! The Shape was designed By my Mentor Tom Thiel. He took about 5 years rounding the shape so the whole instrument would have no straight lines. For the past 7 years these shapes have only been a drawing and now I have brought them to life! But of course I put my own twist on his shape!


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Great looking guitar and I do like that little mountain inlay on the fretboard.

Everything is beautiful on this one - the shape is great. How do you inlay the little white lines that form the mountains?

Ed

Hey Ed! What I do is first cut the channel with a Dremel and then I fill it with resigns and powder pigments! I have a 1mm Dremel bit that does the job nice!


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I really like the whole thing, but the rosette tops it off.
May ask for some details of how you go about the interrupted rosette?
There's not a lot of info out there.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Hey Colin! Thanks for the compliments! The way I do my rosettes is I have made my self a cheat sheet of different angles in a circle that I like and use it as a guide to mark where one segment of the rosette starts and where it ends!
Here’s a photo of the circle sheet I use!


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Then I use this tool I made that hooks onto my Stewmac Dremel base and I can go right to my markings that I made with the circle guide!


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Nice job Noah! After you use the Dremel to route the channels for the rosette, do you use a chisel to achieve the corners?

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Yes I use my Veritas Mini chisel set and clean the corners up to make them nice and sharp! When routing the segmented rosette I have learned to take very small passes so you have a nice clean channel to work with!


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The segmented rosette is awesome, so awesome that I expect to see a few attempts at it by the the folks here. I know that I am going to give it a try.
Word is that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

B

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My memory is so good, sometimes I remember things that never happened.

Thank you so much Bri! Means a lot! I hope everyone pushes their comfort zone a little that’s when the artist in your self comes out! And you can really see what you are capable of.


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BTW - Your Florentine cutaway looks a little different. You chose not to bind the point. It's not as pointy as usual and actually looks like a tiny rounded treatment. How did you execute that? And do you have some closeups to get a better look at it?

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

What I do is I make a typical sharp point cutaway and then round the edge exposing the inner cutaway block!



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