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Custom Guitars: Rosettes

I've been thinking about rosettes quite a lot recently. The rosette is the decorative circle around the soundhole. They come in many guises. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Martin Guitar Soundhole Rosette"][/caption] This is a Martin rosette. It's an example of what you may find on many guitars, with a ...

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July 19, 2009
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Wenge: the “new Brazilian Rosewood”?

There is an ongoing search for the "new Brazilian" - and there are some great-looking woods out there that have tonal qualities on a par with Brazilian.  African Blackwood is probably the most talked about at the moment.  It is a dalbergia, and therefore a "true" rosewood.  It grows in ...

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May 11, 2009
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