Joe

I was unaware that you had such a great association.  Sounds like a high point
to here these people playing.  I had never heard of an all-cypress guitar, but
found several when I googled it.  This one is lovely

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I am not familiar with the intricacies of these instruments, although I have
followed some of the top bracing and traditional details.  This one has
something I have not noticed - look at the picture of the back showing the heel
of the neck.  The neck is glued up from a 1 inch or so thick board with a scarf
cut and the end piece flipped and re-glued to form the head.  This board has
various pieces glued along the center for strength and decoration, but the heel
does not have them.

I have been collecting wood for my next instrument.  When I built boats in the
70’s and early 80’s, we always tried to use Alaskan Yellow Cedar somewhere
because it is a great contrast in color to most other woods, and plus it is the
best smelling wood there is IMHO.  So I have  AYC for top,back, sides and neck.
I will use abalone for purfling and rosette and ebony for binding, head plate,
fingerboard, and bridge.  I haven’t decided whether I should go crazy on the
fretboard inlay or keep it rather austere except for the abalone.

Ed Minch