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DriftwoodGuitars
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:05 pm 
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Hi everyone, I wanted to share my latest commission with you. This one is an African Blackwood and Sitka "Session" model with a 12 fret neck. It was made for a local musician and one of my best friends. He is an outdoorsman, and wanted to capture that through the inlays we chose for the instrument. The falling leaves are cut from Koa and Myrtle. The mountains are walnut and maple, and the cypress tree is walnut that I got from a tree off of his families walnut farm. The leaves are Koa, the moss and bird are myrtle, and the moon is MOP. All inlays are hand cut from scratch. Im super pleased with the sound and playability of this guitar and can't wait to get started on the next one! Thanks for looking!


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J De Rocher
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Wow! That is a gorgeous guitar. The wood inlays are amazing. It looks like you managed to inlay actual leaves in the fretboard and the mountain range inlay over your end graft is very cool.

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Don Williams
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Ah.... she's a beauty. Nicely done.

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Chris....man... that is AWESOME. Beautiful work.

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Dead-on perfect.
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Very beautiful and well done!
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Awesome! Love everything about it. The inlays, the blackwood, the bound fingerboard, and the shape. 12 fret neck, but with a high waist and slim upper bout so it doesn't look like a peanut :) Very similar to the new shape I just drew up a few days ago, actually.

And for a guy named Forrest? How fitting can you get :D
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Alex Kleon
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Your work is always a treat, Chris! The inlays are beautiful!

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That is pretty. I especially like the falling leaves on the fret board.

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Stunning!

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Pretty guitar, very rustic but elegant at the same time.

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I like this. Love the leaves. Simplistic elegance.

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That is some truly high end work, what a beautiful instrument! Great photography also.

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OH YA!!!!!!!

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Very nice, inspiring work.

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Tom West
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Congrats.........super work and design..!! I even think the label is something special. So thought and heart went into this one.
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Fantastic!

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Wayne Brown
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Amazingly beautiful! Love the inlays!
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Wow, nice. Impeccable work. Someone is gonna be a happy camper!

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Inspiring!

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It's a brave luthier that inlays into a body. Gorgeous and tasteful work. Your inlay work definitely falls into the category of "don't try this at home".
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Colin North
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Knock-out! [:Y:]

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Wow. There are so many beautiful guitar being made be people on this forum that you become desensitized. Ho hum, another great guitar. Then one comes along that is so amazing it takes your breath away. This one did that for me.

I hope, if I work really hard at it, someday I'll make a guitar that nice!
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That's a truly humbling comment rlrhett. Thanks to everyone for the kind words. It's only because of this forum that I can build a guitar of any quality.

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