thinkpad20
plays guitar??
I'm ironing out the details on my padalka custom 
and deciding on woods. Here's what I'm pretty sure of:
Macassar ebony neck
Pale moon ebony fretboard
Black limba body
The last piece is the top wood, and basically I'm looking at two choices, ziricote or macassar ebony. Not that these are the only two I would consider but I really like both, and I'm a little torn about which I should go for. HALP~!
The shape I think I will be getting is the Saturn shape; here's an example, although mine will be multiscale:
As you can see the body wood is visible on the upper horn, so the interplay between the body wood and top wood is more important to the look than on most guitars.
Here's the ziricote top that Simon is suggesting, along with the neck/board/body woods (top left image):
And here are some example macassar ebony tops that he suggested:
and deciding on woods. Here's what I'm pretty sure of:Macassar ebony neck
Pale moon ebony fretboard
Black limba body
The last piece is the top wood, and basically I'm looking at two choices, ziricote or macassar ebony. Not that these are the only two I would consider but I really like both, and I'm a little torn about which I should go for. HALP~!
The shape I think I will be getting is the Saturn shape; here's an example, although mine will be multiscale:
As you can see the body wood is visible on the upper horn, so the interplay between the body wood and top wood is more important to the look than on most guitars.
Here's the ziricote top that Simon is suggesting, along with the neck/board/body woods (top left image):
And here are some example macassar ebony tops that he suggested:
