(Mostly) Red

Up next we have the first of a pair of twins.  Since the prototype parlor when out the door so fast, I built another prototype/path-finder one step ahead of its twin.   Now you may be thinking that this particular one doesn't appear to be 100% done -- they are never done + I am in this for the fun and not as a business, so I tend to make such posts whenever it makes me happy no matter the state of the build.

The star of this one is the unusual woods. The back and sides are Red Mulberry, which is known to be one of the domestic woods with similar characteristics as rosewoods, but the trees tend to be small so not often used for guitars.  Head over to here and scroll down to Mulberry

The finger board and bridge are Osage Orange, which is related to Mulberry and looks very similar, but it is harder.  The Osage was sanded much more recently than the Mulberry, it will fairly quickly oxidize to match the color of the back/sides.

Neck is Red Oak, from a board that caught my eye passing through a big box store.  

The top is a B-grade (I'm a big fan of B grade) Engelmann spruce.  Originally I had planned on a B-grade Red Cedar top, but I decided to set that aside for another build that will likely have Osage Orange back and sides.

I am particularly fond of how the knot shadow lines up between the back and sides, wrapping all the way around: