Here is my #3. This ended up being a hybrid of sorts -- IV kit neck/rim, and hand carved plates/bracing. Back is rock maple (and man was that stuff hard to carve with a gouge), top is 'european' spruce (violin wedges) Body is bound in ivoroid, neck is bound in flame maple. Headstock overlay is a maple burl, ebony, holly, ebony sandwich. Frets are the LMI Gold EVO fretwire (.080). I love this stuff, it's a good bit harder than nickel, but not overly hard to work.
Anyway, back:
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