MIMF

This is one of three guitars that I just finished up. It's a small "parlor" size guitar. I used the dimensions from an old Washburn "New Model" guitar and just took it from there. It's got figured mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck and an Adirondack top. The binding is koa, and I made the rope purfling from maple, osage orange and rosewood.

A few close ups....

The rosette is segmented rosewood.

The slotted peghead.

Here's a shot of the back...I found this wood in an old man's garage and he was good enough to sell it to me!

A side view....

This is the third guitar I've built in this style. I really like the little buggers, and it's amazing how others are drawn to them too.

Beautiful as always Mark!
I need to get around to making one of these little parlors, they really do draw you in!

Awesome!!

Beautiful work (as usual), Mark! That's a splendid set of mahogany. I just finished up a restoration job on a 20's era Stromberg-Voisinet parlor guitar that really has me hot to build a copy. Wonderful little instrument with a definitive blues sound to it. It turned out to be a real work stopper in the shop for a while. I am now a proud member of the "moth drawn to the parlor guitar" club.

Mark, are the sides partly sapwood? Seems I can see it in one shot, but not the other.

Yes, before I thicknessed the wood it had it on each side but it disappeared when I sanded them....too bad.

Nice!

Nicely done, as usual! I've done a couple of parlor size, one steel and one nylon, and I really like them both.

Very pretty...a sweet, little guitar....

Dang.

Nice job, as always.

Mark, beautiful!! Do you put the purfling in a veneer section at a time or is there a way to make a long strip?

Thanks! I made long strips, and bent them in my side bender along with the binding.

Great looking guitar, Mark. I especially like the 12th fret inlay and, of course, the back and sides.

Wow...