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Hey guys and ladies,

Here's a few photos of an inlay just completed.
It just begs for some scenery, which the customer did not want. Oh well...

Craig, I did do the research, but it's such a nice color against the ebony...



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Sweet - nice use of the recon marbling for the blue/green - love it.

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Paul -- very nice!

Do tell what type of recon did you use and what material did you use for the belly?
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Very nice!   

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I really like it. Yes it's not absolutely life-like, but finding colors for whales and dolphins is pretty hard. Marine mammals are all in that always shifting rubber black to grey range that most inlay materials lack.
Given the art and the materials, the look of the eye, etc.. I think it's absolutely wonderful.
I have been reading a lot of childrens marine life stories with my son lately and it looks very much reminiscent of the art you would see in that type of book. I mean that in NO way negatively!!!- it just captures a certain mood that works.

I haven't done a large full body whale yet.
I am doing an electric violin soon with Pacific common dolphins, and solid gold and diamonds. I am excited about that one!
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Very cool!

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Paul,

I really like that, the colors are very rich and it's very nicely laid out, very impressive...

Tony... your avatar makes me want to say...

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Paul,

I'm really impressed every time you and Craig show up with your works of art, just thinking about inlaying something on a guitar gives me the creeps!

Really lovely work sir!

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FREE WILLY!!!! Oh wait its an inlay, thats how realistic it looked, I was going to join Greenpeace and picket your shop Looks amazing.
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Great Job Paul.

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That sure is a bright blue! It looks Excellant. GREAT inlay!

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[QUOTE=Anthony Z] Paul -- very nice!

Do tell what type of recon did you use and what material did you use for the belly?[/QUOTE]

Anthony, It's azurite chrysocolla with mother of pearl belly and white river pearl eye.This one is on an Ukulele fretboard.

Evan, "I was going to join Greenpeace and picket your shop " Since it's rained or been cloudy here for the last 3 weeks, you're welcome to sail on over .



Notice the fret slots; after inlaying, I re-saw the slots with a .022 hand saw with depth stop,(from Stew mac), then use a triangle file to "break" the edge enough to allow fretting without cracking the inlay.
If the inlay covers most of the fret slot, I'll often use a 1/32 carbide end mill to pierce the slot in a few spots as a visual reference and to ease the job for the fret saw.

I mention this technique since I believe some one asked about it in a different post.

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Paul, that's way cool. Nice job.

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