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. 

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.