Rosette Options    

The Spiral Rosette shown on the right is an example of a Solid Wood Rosette made from Buckeye burl. There are many wood choices that will make a nice addition to your guitar.

Another "spiral," this time with some accents.

The Mobius Rosette shown on the right is an example of combining wood and Abalone to create something unique.

Here is a varition on the weave rosette shown below, we are calling it the rope. This one is made with gold and brown mother of pearl.

The Rosette shown on the right is an example of a Solid Wood Rosette made from Buckeye burl. There are many wood choices that will make a nice addition to your guitar.

Another solid wood this time made from wenge with snakewood rings.

The Rosewood Rosette shown on the right is an example of a Solid Wood Rosette. There are many wood choices that will make a nice addition to your guitar.

Loosely inspired by the Fleur Di Lis.

A rosette inspired from the Stauffer styles of CF Martin I., although implememented with maple instead of pearl.

Another "standard," the Herringbone Rosette.

Here is a variation on the herringbone theme, still concidered a "standard" rosette.

This rosette is a little more elaborate and is an example of how we can "personalize" your guitar. Here the customer sent us a sketch which we refined and then implemented with rosewood on maple.

Here is another rosewood rosette with a green abalone accent. In general, there will be an "up-charge" for abalone inlayed into rosettes.

Another example of wood with abalone, this time in Koa.

This style rosette has been a popular option on John's guitars. It is based on the classic lozenge-and-ball pattern used by Stradivarius for the Rode Violin (1722.) In this photo you can also see the K&K microphone peeking through the soundhole.

Another example of a Stradivarius Rode Violin based rosette. This time surrounded by snakewood with gold and white mother of pearl for the dots and diamonds. There is also a K&K microphone in there. And yes the strings do appear this way on purpose, it is a left-handed guitar.

One more look at the dot and diamond theme. Yea and that color was done "on-purpose" per the customer's request. Also another lefty.

A "wide" Paua Rosette with black/white/black puflings.

A 3 ring Rosette with a "wide" Paua Abalone center ring

An Abalone and Ebony rosette. Notice in this implementation, the abalone that is part of the fretboard also follows the radius of the Abalone in the rosette.

At first look one might think this is the same rosette as the one shown just above. It is very simular and both these rosettes were made for a couple of "shop" guitars. By enlarging (clicking the photo which will open another window with a larger image of the photo), you can see they are slightly different. This one has a slightly wider abalone center and no black & white lines surrounding the center ring.

Another Abalone Ring, this time on a Sunburst Top.

Brown Mother-of-Pearl Single Ring Rosette.

The Rosewood Rosette, simple but nice

While we are looking at all this shell, here is a closeup of a Green Abalone 3- Ring Rosette.

Redwood Burl

Bloodwood on a Redwood topped guitar.

Here is a Solid Wood Rosette, in this case using a piece of spalted maple.

Here is a shot of a rosette that is in progress. Also a spalted maple.

Brazilian Rosewood, Ebony and Abalone. Although the picture isn't very good, you can see the subtle color transitions of the rosewood and ebony.

Some White and Gold Mother of Pearl Butterflies and Flowers. The theme actaually carried onto the fretboard and headstock.

John's "Weave Rosette." A Snakewood center, surrounded by Brazilian Rosewood with Gold and White Mother of Pearl.

Another Example of the Weave Rosette, this time with Cocobolo for the center ring.

This rosette is made up from White Mother of Pearl, Abalone, Snakewood and Ebony.