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This is for a Grateful Dead Style Tribute guitar produced by
Troy (good guy, good builder) over at
Post Guitars for David
Martinez of Cool, Califonia. What a great name for a town,
"Cool."
This
control plate goes on the front of the guitar, below the bridge like Gerry
Garcia's guitars did. I'll post pics of the guitar when I get them from Troy.
This cover is 5" x 3" made of many differnet materials including; Mother of
Pearl, Red Abalone, Black Mother of Pearl, Paua, Blue Jean Lapis, Dark Blue
Lapis, Obsidian, Onyx, Black/Gray Grannit, Orange Spiny, Oriental Jade,
Malichite, and Arizona Jade, and Maple all on top grade
Rosewood.
It's
a real stunner, I wish you could see it live. David have this to say about this
new cover, "WOW!!!! So cool.... This is exactly what I
had hoped for - it is perfect! I'm blown away by the detail... I can imagine it
shimmering. The cattails and water are great. I am really torn..... I want to
see this in person!!! But.... you should probably ship it to Troy so he can set
it in he body of the guitar. I can't express how happy I am with this..... I
didn't think I could get this level of detail and depth, and luminosity,
and..... Cliff, thanks for getting this done so quickly, and doing such a
beautiful job - a real piece of art. This is going to be the coolest guitar in
the world.... at least in my eyes!" |
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Flying
Hearts Gretsch Pick Guard made with White and Black Mother of Pearl, Red
Abalone, and Bloody Jasper on Ebony. With Matching T-Cover
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Dancing
Fairy, with bat. I know, fairies and bats are different themes, but it's what
Chris Bell of LA wanted. And that's the beauty of custom inlay is you get what
you want. This is an awesome piece. |
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Ever
Watchful over American. This cover is made with White/Black/Gold Mother of
Pearl, Fresh Water Pearl, Red Abalone, Bloody Jasper, Dark Lapis, and Brass on
Ebony. We also make a matching tcover. |
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Flying Eagle
at Sunset. This cover is made from White/Gold Mother of Pearl, Red Abalone, and
Paua on Ebony. |
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Obviously
for Rob Calise of Frederick, MD. He was a Chief in the Navy and this Tele
replacement pickguard for to honor his service to his country. The cover is
made from White and Gold MOP, Dark Lapis, and Bloody Jasper on
Rosewood. |
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Based on the
Flying Eagle truss rod cover, this trim plate using Fossilize Red Bone for the
sun, giving it a 60's psychdelic look, or many like an alien planet. A perfect
example of what a small change in material can do. |
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A tribute
piece for the Greatful Dead this cover is made from Silver, White and Gold
Mother of Pearl, 10,000 Year Old Mammoth Ivory, Bloody Jasper, and Lapis on
Ebony. This plate is owned by Daniel Stanley of MA. Dan shared these thought
with me, "Your work gets a TON of
comments." |
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The Crab is
made with Paua, Red Abalone, White and Black Mother of Pearl and four different
kinds of stones on Mahogany. This piece was comissioned by Leonard Bosh Jr. of
CT. |
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Plate for a
PRS single cut 20th anniversary guitar commissioned by John Nussbaumer of
Gastonia, NC. This is green paua and silver fantail on rosewood. |
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The Howling
Coyote is made with White, Gold and Black Mother of Pearl and Agora on
Mahogany. This piece was also comissioned by Leonard Bosh Jr. of
CT. |
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The Warrior
Angel made with 10,000 year old Mamoth Ivory |
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Lay....La!!!
Tribute trim plate for a Fender Strat. Custom made for Ric Golemon from
Chicago." All I can say is.... frickin'
unbelievable! Another excellent job, I can't wait to get it! It's going to be
killer looking on the guitar! I can't appreciate your artistry more, its truly
magnificent. " |
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Based on our
flying eagle design, this if an ebony pick guard for a Taylor guitar custom
ordered by Robert Gontarek of Roseville, MN. Robert shared this with me,
"The postman just delivered the beautiful pick
guard this afternoon. I installed it and it fit beautifully. Your inlay work is
of utmost precision and a thing of beauty. Great work Cliff."This pick guard was attached with 3M double back tape and on
modification of the guitar are necessary. |
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The second
piece in the "King of Dragons" set ( the tcover is already designed ) this is
probably the best dragon I have ever done. By doing just the head, I could
really add a lot of detail to the piece. I'm looking forward to doing the trim
plate. The first owner of this design, Dave Nalewajek had this to say,
"The Dragon Head arrived today. As the old man
on Everybody Loves Raymond use to say, HOLY CRAP. This is
unbelievable." |
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This Owl
face is a toggle cover for a PRS Single Cut. Boy, I love this one! It is made
of Silver Fantail, Red Abalone, Black Mother of Pearl, and Gold Mother of Pearl
on Ebony. This piece commissioned by Gianni Del Degan from Canada. |
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This is the
matching back control plate for the owl face above. This cover would probably
not be for you if you're a snake fan. :-) |
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Matching
Trim Plate. |
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Control
plate for a guitar made specially for the Detroit Jazz Festival by Marcovis
Guitars. |
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The Blue
Jean Baby is made with Paua, Blue Jean Lapis and Dark Lapis on Mahogany. This
piece was once again comissioned by Leonard Bosh Jr. of CT. |
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| This really isn't a control plate, but I just don't know where
else to put this. This is a "Pick Up Ring Inlay. The piece replaces your two
pick up rings and suspends the inlay on the front of the body between the
rings. This one is a standard model for a Paul Reed Smith 22 fret
guitar. |
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PRS, Control Plate with Flying Eagle Made of Paua, Red Abalone,
White/Gold Mother of Pearl, on Ebony $350. |
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Shared photograph from customer. |
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Based on the design of my custom, this egyptian style bird is
made of Paua, Silver Fantail, Gold and White MOP on Ebony. We are making up
matching tcovers. |
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Matching Trim Plate. |
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PRS, Trim Plate with Flying Eagle Made of Paua, Red Abalone,
White/Gold Mother of Pearl, on Ebony $350. |
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I like this little turtle and I really wanted people to see it. This was made
for Princeville Guitars and is made of Paua, Red Abalone and Webbed Malichite
on Koa. |
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Here is the entire Princevill guitar control panel set. |
The Well Dressed PRS Set Includes Control Plate, Trim Plate,
Pick Up Ring Inlay and T-Cover. Avaiable in Ebony or Rosewood.
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Simple, but elegant, Paua birds to match a PRS. |