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Inlay + Luthiers: Wah Wah Watson's Archtop

24/2/2018

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Today's post is all about the Wah Wah Watson L5 inspired archtop that I designed and built with Inlay Artist Dave Nichols and Luthier John Carruthers. 
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Inlay Showcase: Craig Levin's Newport Show Guitar

4/2/2018

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This Mermaid and Lighthouse inlay by Craig Levin was our show guitar at Newport in Miami in 2010.

Patterned after the show’s mermaid logo, Samantha the mermaid is a combination of multi hued mother of pearl, and multiple species of abalone.

The inlay starts with clouds and the moon using gold white pearl followed by a lone pine tree of brown lip mother of pearl.


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The Secret to Ultra Fast and Precise Guitar Picking!

17/1/2018

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Mother of pearl guitar picks evolved from the agate/Brasília stone picks and were first manufactured under the Mind Pick name.  These were initially too large in size and unwieldy. Pat Martino used a stone pick on some of his classic albums in the 1970s which enabled his ultra fast nonstop sixteenth note runs.
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Tokappi Palace - a Historical Loveletter to Inlay

30/12/2017

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Gold Pearl is one of the most beautiful inlay materials available. It has been used over the years in architecture, vintage musical instruments and furniture. When I opened up the most recent issue of Raffles Magazine, it was adorned with the Gold Mother of pearl doors of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul Turkey. This took me on a web journey to find these doors 

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