Here are some pictures of an Embergher model 5 I recently completed in Queensland Blackwood. The curl in the grain is more broken than in maple, so it was hard to get the same continuity of pattern across the staves, but it has a nice golden glow. I decided to leave out the pickguard because I couldn't bring myself to stick something acoustically inferior over so much of the soundboard. It was built from Lorenzo Lippi's plans, with additional information on Embergher construction from Alfred Woll's excellent book and elsewhere.
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