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Hi all,

I wanted to share this inlay I did for Kathy Wingert. It was a last minute addition to a butterfly theme on the F.B.
Kathy was concerned with the bridge mass and wanted to be sure it sounded right, so I had to inlay it after the guitar was completed.
Nothing like running a router over a pristine instrument
a few days after completion!

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Paul Bordeaux
http://www.bordeauxinlay.com

Yep,Beautiful is right! I especially like the butterfly on the left, Wow   

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Great work Paul! Is her daughter not doing inlay anymore?

Paul - nice work. Inlaying over a finished guitar must have been a test of character (yikes).

Paul, you're a very brave man, i would never be able to do that even if i had your talent!

Serge

[QUOTE=Pwoolson] Great work Paul! Is her daughter not doing inlay anymore?[/QUOTE]

She's attending college but she's still doing inlay, I just got back my final piece for a hawaiin guitar we had worked on, it's a flowered vine going up the neck and into the headstock, good stuff....

-Paul-

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Patriot Guitars

Great job!

Mike

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Mike

"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

Paul,

I think she is, I just delivered a wild looking cedar set to Mike Greenfield for a theme guitar and he indicated that Kathy's daughter was going to to the inlay work. There is this neat connection around Kathy's and Mike's daughters with the inlay that will happen on this guitar.

ShaneShane Neifer38855.5139236111

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Canada

The rest of us are in a whole different league.......planet

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Andy Z.
http://www.lazydogguitars.com

WOW!!!

Ron

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Very sweet! wowsers, do you have a pic of the fretboard too? Good work, even if a little un-nerving for you.
Cheers
Charliewood

That's really pretty, Paul.

Nerves of steel....

SK

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That takes some hair Paul! Good work!
Great color on the abalone!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

I am so humbled - that is unreal effort and attention to detail.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

[QUOTE=azimmer1] The rest of us are in a whole different league.......planet[/QUOTE]

   ...amen to that...

   That is absolutely mint...

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[QUOTE=charliewood] Very sweet! wowsers, do you have a pic of the fretboard too? Good work, even if a little un-nerving for you.
Cheers
Charliewood[/QUOTE]

Charliewood,
Here's the rest of the inlays to go with the bridge. The owner is one of the nicest persons I've ever met. Hal actually drove 800 miles to pick the guitar up personally.
There's a very touching story that goes with this one! (Here's the link from page 2 of the gallery.)

Hal's story

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Paul Bordeaux
http://www.bordeauxinlay.com

There was a time when I would say something like:

"Dude, you Rock!"

But now I would just say:

"That's stunningly beutiful work...you really are a Master at what you do."

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Only badly."

Paul that is simply awesome work. Very very beautiful.

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Paul, thanks for sharing that touching and troubling story with us, it gives life a purpose and meaning.

Makes also plenty of sense to why you were involved in such a beautiful project, your talent is "Grandiose" sir!

Thanks

Serge

I hope to have something to show off soon, but my last was was so difficult to do I fear I may have lost it.
I was worried about the stone types cracking after the inlay was installed so I inlaid them all thicker and in reverse. It made for tough routing. Then I had to split some bigger pieces against the radius and the glue pulled them out of alignment-depth wise.
It's the first time I have had so many issues. We'll see what happens!
I just need to sand it out, then I'll know if it survived. Sometimes inlay is stressful! I have done bridgework on fully completed instruments as well. I know how nervewracking that is!

Post more pics..



Craig L.

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www.handcraftinlay.com

Thanks Paul, I appreciate the link to Hal's story. It hits close to home.

Shane

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Canada

Paul - I have loved that butterfly from the first ad of yours I saw it in - stunning doesnt even come close to describing it.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Thanks to all.
If you haven't read the link to Hal's story, please do.
I was happy with the inlay, but it pales in comparison to the facts behind it.

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Paul Bordeaux
http://www.bordeauxinlay.com

Wow...touching story.
I would have been in tears the whole time I was working on that if I were doing it...

Thanks for pointing it out to us. I missed it the first time.
Don Williams38856.69375

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Only badly."