Guitar #027 

Spruce and Pau Ferro dreadnought guitar.

Solid Sitka Spruce top, solid Pau Ferro back & sides, African Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fret board & Bridge, and lots of real shell

#027

Completed March 21, 2013

This is a version of my standard Dreadnought size guitar.  It has all the power, balance, and clarity people have come to expect form the guitars I build.  Part of that is the use of an AAA grade Sitka Spruce top, the super thin French Polished Shellac, and also the use of Pau Ferro (Caesalpinia echinata)  for the back and sides.  Here is another non-standard wood, an other legume, first cousin of Rosewood and Koa, along with so many others.  This wood is harder than Indian Rosewood, less oily, with a much tighter grain, bringing out a wonderful complex bass response without the boominess.  Note: this wood may also go by the common names, Brazilwood, Pau-Brasil, and the sometimes erroneously as Bolivian Rosewood (which is actually Machaerium scleroxylon). 

The inlays include a Gold Mother of Pearl fair girl and butterfly on the head stock, Abalone butterflies on the fret board, Abalone dots in the Ebony bridge pins and strap button, and White Mother of Pearl purfling around the top, the rosette, and back center strip.

	Top	Triple A grade solid Sitka top
	Rosette	White Mother of Pearl with black pin line edges and two black bands
	Bracing	Sitka Spruce
	Back and sides	Quilted Solid Pau Ferro
	Backstrip	White Mother of Pearl with back pin lines
	Body Binding	Maple with a black pin line
	Purfling	Black/Maple/Black pin lines - Mother of Pearl - Black/Maple/Black pin lines
	End graft	Book matched Flame Maple
	Heal and Tail Blocks	African Mahogany
	Kerfed Lining	African Mahogany
	Neck	One peace African Mahogany
	Head Cap	Pau Ferro
	Head Inlay	Gold Mother of Pearl fair girl and butterfly
	Neck heal cap	Flame Maple
	Truss Rod	Twin rod two-way adjustable at head
	Fret Board	Gibbon Ebony
	Position Marks	Abalone Butterflies
	Fret Board Binding	Maple with a black pin line
	Bridge	Gibbon Ebony
	Bridge pins	Ebony with an Abalone dot
	Bridge Saddle	Intonated bone
	Nut	Bone  (fender style)
	End pin	Ebony with an Abalone dot
	Tuners	Gold Grover Rotomatic Guitar Machines
	Finish	French Polished Shellac

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