The New Orleans Guitar


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 Flamed redwood top, Cameroon Ebony back and sides. Built as a wedding gift (they got married in N.O.) Inlay materials are almost too numerous to list: Malachite, green abalone, pearl, 24k gold, Corian, spiny oyster, coral, Mammoth Ivory, rosewood, sycamore, maple, brass... The peghead veneer is Walnut sapwood burl. The soundhole depicts a paddlewheel in the muddy Mississippi.

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