What product is being use for the center strip in this back?
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:00 am ] |
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What product is being use for the center strip in this back? Thanks
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| Author: | WalterK [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:04 am ] |
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Looks like abalone or some king of shell inlay? Can't really see very well. |
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| Author: | Sprockett [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:09 am ] |
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Paua... Looks like abalam to me (real shell isn't always that colorful) but I'm %100 sure that's Paua, you can tell by the blues and greens in it.. -Paul- |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:12 am ] |
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True North Guitars. (are we still playing that game?) 
I did one like that with Paua Ablam. It looked exactly the same. I love his work. He has a great eye. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:11 am ] |
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Paua abalone. Even ablam is made from thin veneer of real abalone. this may be ablam but the specis of shell I beleve to be Paua. In Paua the colors are deep blue and richer pinks than with green or pacific abalone. plus the patterns tend to be ore distint. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:15 am ] |
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Okay, just in case it's not the obvious choice--crushed stone? Carlton |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:16 am ] |
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Ooooweee, I'm tempted to say forget the inlay, look at that Ziricote! |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:37 am ] |
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That is purty Steve, but I'm a tad partial to the set I'm working on 
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| Author: | D.L.Huskey [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:38 am ] |
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Lance: I'm pretty sure that is some of that radioactive stuff that came from a top secret sunken nuclear sub site. Since you are such a good host, package it up carefully (along with another items it came into contact with such as sides) forward it to me, and I will make sure it is disposed of properly at no charge. 
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:55 am ] |
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You got it DL! By the way, what does LD stand for? |
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| Author: | D.L.Huskey [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:08 am ] |
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Lance: L.D. is my wifes initals D.L. is my initals, Don't Look. Actually Daniel will do. |
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| Author: | clavin [ Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:42 am ] |
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I have seen Paua look like that, I have seen even green abalone prime-select abalam sheet look like that. I have it here with me. Bottom line is you don't have to get too expensive to get that effect. I have a lot of real paua- very high end, that looks worse than some of my really nice green heart abalam at times. C.Lavin |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:09 am ] |
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test |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:29 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Brock Poling] test[/QUOTE] I CANT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IM TRYING BUT I CANT!!!! TEST WHAT!!! 
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:41 am ] |
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I was trying to get it to jump back to the forum page and not the billboard page.... like we discussed. |
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| Author: | John How [ Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:47 am ] |
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Lance, I like the shape of that guitar, kind of a phat little parlor. What are the dimensions? What top are you using on this one. I just started a new jumbo parlor using some of Bob's Cocobolo and some of Hank's Redwood for the top. |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:26 am ] |
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John- Neither are mine - the top pic is of a True North Guitar, I just wanted to show the inlay - the tracing on my set of Ziricote is of a classical. |
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| Author: | John How [ Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:32 am ] |
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Well I still like the shape drawn on the ziricote. A classical huh, might make a nice parlor scaled down just a bit to about 13 or so inches. |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:42 am ] |
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So, Lance...what IS that inlay?! Carlton |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:50 am ] |
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Carlton - dont know - Paua abalam? Paua abalam rim? |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:36 am ] |
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Lance...YOU'RE guessing, too!! NOW I get it! Carlton |
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| Author: | PaulB [ Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:47 pm ] |
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I think I remember reading on the True North site, that he only uses green abalone. |
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:09 am ] |
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I'd for sure go with green abalone. I sure do like the zircote. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:18 am ] |
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[QUOTE=LanceK] Carlton - dont know - Paua abalam? Paua abalam rim?[/QUOTE] I is not rim ablam there would be arc aperance to the pattern if it was rim. I just guessing here but I believe it is true paua shell |
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| Author: | PaulB [ Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:02 pm ] |
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Here we are; says on his homepage that "Typical appointments of True North guitars include ergonomic side-tapered bodies, contoured Venetian cutaways, hand-voiced radiused soundboards with scalloped braces and sculpted x-brace joints, fast graphite-reinforced necks, bound fingerboards with semi-hemispherical frets, extended scales, asymmetrical headstocks, and Green Heart abalone trim." Gotta get me some of that Ziricote - one day, I'm not good enough yet tho. It'd be too much like hanging a Renoir in the outhouse if I got some now. |
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