I have been working on doing the rosettes in tops, so the tops are more ready-to-go when I get back up north to the ‘big’ shop. Here is one that (as of this moment) is destined for a parlor guitar. It is Port Orford cedar, which has yielded very good results for both me and a friend, Brian Griffin. The rosette is made of green heart pearl from red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). The green heart is where the abalone’s muscle was attached. It accounts for only a very small amount of the mother of pearl that can be cut from an abalone shell so it is rather scarce but it is sure beautiful stuff.
