Tom's Custom Further Guitar

[tom_z]

Beautiful shape - absolutely lovely contours. I think the heart is perfect. Thank you, Mica!
 
Tom

[adriaan]

Agreed on the heart - like Mica said, the line drawing just made it look beefier than it actually is. Very nice!

[strangerones]

That's purty.

[olieoliver]

That is a cool top.  I love the heart cut out.

[tom_z]

Bump - hey Mica - how are we doing on this? It's been a while.
 
Peace
Tom

[tom_z]

Mica - I'd love to hear from you.
What can you tell me about my guitar?
Thanks,
Tom

[tom_z]

Here's the next generation limbering up for their trip to Santa Rosa.
 
How are we doing on the inlays Mica?
 
Tom
 

[hydrargyrum]

Tom I think this is shaping up to be my personal favorite  further.  I love your wood choices, and the heart turned out great.  What a lovely instrument.

[artswork99]

How nice!

[tom_z]

Thanks! It's really a nice guitar. We went to Santa Rosa last summer and I got to see and hold it in it's current state - no elecs or hardware. Just waiting on inlay art now. I'm looking forward to playing it some day soon.
 
Peace

[mica]

That day is approaching fast. Here's the inlay art that Tom approved:

 But one thing... I need to move the cervical spine down a touch to be more anatomically correct.  With materials roughed in:

 The abalone will certainly look a bit different on the real one.  This is James' next inlay project. Should be beautiful in person. I'm really looking forward to this inlay.

[darkstar01]

that's an awesome inlay, and that top is incredible... this is shaping up to be one of my favorite guitars in recent memory.. congrats, tom.

[jalevinemd]

What an amazing concept for an inlay!

[tom_z]

I love the inlay concept too. Susan's creative eye and amazing intuition never cease to inspire. She designed this after a couple conversations and an email or two. It perfectly captures the spirit we were going for - and yet the final drawing was almost a complete surprise. I love how she created the curved bottom edge to follow the contour of the heart omega.  
 
Now, after seeing Mica's rendering I can hardly wait to see it in person!

[mica]

Fingerboard inlay in the bag:

  And in the board:

  You will be amazed at the shell in person. It's so beautiful.