Newell #9

[Keith Newell]

Here are some pictures of my latest A style. What a great sound! I used a one piece Sitka top from Bruce Harvie at Orcas Island Tonewoods and a one piece back from Old Standard Woods (Thanks John Griffon). This one has the Carbon fiber rod in the neck (two of them) and a carbon fiber insert in the center of the ebony bridge top.
The sound is woody and changing as it opens up. I played in at a session last night and the sound was very different from the beginning to the end.
Keith Newell
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back

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side

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tailpiece

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pickguard

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Headstock

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These next two were taken to try to show the grain changing color as you rotated the instrument. THe pictures are of the same area but just from different angles.
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angled

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doh! ok...angled hehe

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Lemme get this back to the top. sorry about posting the other weird thread...teach me to use the cut and past and not look where Im pasting hehe.

[ira]

spectacular as always!

[Eric F.]

Yowser! That is mando-licious.

[wsm]

Keith, I really love your A's. (I never said that to a guy before) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Checked out your webpage and really dig the headstocks as well. (Gee there I go again)...

[AaronVW]

I like the scalloped point at the end of the fingerboard, very nice touch and a great look keeping the whole instrument symmetrical.

[Tomy Plunk#er]

Great looking A you've made there.

[Pete Jenner]

It's a beauty Keith.