the pictures didn't came out as good and it doesn't show the birds eye very well...but I can assure you that the birds eye came out really good , you'll be surprise how nice this guitar is gonna look once finished , I will take some pictures outside on a sunny day once it's finish, i'm almost done with the undercarriage and I will post some new pics in a few days.I'm gonna get in trouble for this, but Pat, I was surprised you did it this way. I was thinking, stain it first, then put the inlay in. But there was lovely grain in that maple, and the stain seems to hide it
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here we have lots of birds eye maples and sometimes I even use it as firewood for my stovebirdseye maple is super rare over here in UK
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i found there was too much contrast leaving the inlay natural...the inlays are stained lighter then the rest of the guitar to give it alittle contrast, like i said the pictures doesn't do it justice .I was thinking, stain it first, then put the inlay in
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