More Progress On the Drifter

As you can see, I have made more progress on the drifter. The rim assembly is mostly complete. This guitar (as do most of my guitars) features double side construction to add substantial stiffness to the sides, this coupled with "capped linings" results in a rim so stiff that is rock solid. This makes a substantial difference in the tone of the instrument.

You can also begin to see how this guitar will look as it comes together. I have set the rim on the back to give you a glimpse of how this will look (and a vanity shot of my new laser etched labels :-) ) . Also I found a very nice piece of brazilian rosewood for the end graft.

The soundhole on this guitar is slightly smaller than what you are used to seeing. This lends to the bass response on these small instruments. A smaller soundhole helps give the guitar more ooomph in the low end. The rosette is a petite ring of Brazilian Rosewood with a very thin ring of Red Heart Abalone in the center as an accent.