Custom Inlays
I'm just about finished with a custom fretboard for a neck I'm building. The board itself is made of black palm and it has bubinga for binding. What really puts this one over the top is the inlays. The inlays are all celtic crosses except the 12th fret. This is a celtic cross and a star that I combined into one inlay and it runs diagonally from the 11th to the 13th fret. In order to achieve this it took lots of time with a jewelers saw and needle files along with a healt
Black Palm, little knives that turned in to wood.
I have a great custom guitar neck in the works for an awesome customer. The neck itself is laminates of figured maple and bubinga. The fretboard, however, will be the real show stopper. This is made of black palm which, although technically a grass, is incredibly dense and hard. It also has a tendency to splinter so great care must be taken when working with this material. The fretboard will be bound with bubinga and have a special series of inlays. Attached is a photo
Starting out 2015 with a bang.
2014 was a great year for Birt Guitars. Lots of cogs in motion have put this business in a very good position. Thanks to all of those that have supported Birt Guitars and made this venture a reality. So far 2015 has been great. This week I'm working on a custom neck that was ordered. It will have laminates of highly figured maple and bubinga. The neck has been roughed out and I'll hopefully be finishing it this week. Also, I have 4 necks that are ready to be joined to th
