Making — 2021

Blackwood Dreadnought

A full-bodied dreadnought in Australian timbers: Bunya over Tasmanian Blackwood, loud and bassy, with the mids and highs intact.

Bunya soundboard, herringbone rosette and ebony bridge of the dreadnought — Bunya face — herringbone rosette

Year: 2021
Type: Acoustic guitar
Soundboard: Australian Bunya
Back & sides: Tasmanian Blackwood
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Fretboard: Ebony, abalone inlay

A take on the classic full-bodied dreadnought, voiced loud and bassy while keeping a rich harmonic range through the mids and highs. The soundboard is Australian Bunya over Tasmanian Blackwood back and sides, on a Honduran mahogany neck.

The detail work carries the instrument: an ebony bridge and fretboard with abalone shell inlays, curly Callitris headstock veneer, Wenge binding, a flamed maple and Wenge tail graft, and a herringbone rosette with matching purfling.

Tasmanian Blackwood back of the dreadnought — The Blackwood back

Flamed maple and Wenge tail graft on the lower bout — Tail graft — flamed maple and Wenge

Headstock with curly Callitris veneer — Headstock — curly Callitris veneer

Looking up the ebony fingerboard from the soundhole — Up the ebony board

The completed dreadnought standing in front of a Victorian fireplace — At home