Luthier Facts :
Name: David Freeman
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Status?: Currently Active
Link: www.timelessinstruments.com
Note: (RIYL) Recommended If You Like
David Freeman very kindly sent in the build photos of his Sonic Sitka instrument…
- Sonic sitka spruce top
- Westcoast spalting Cherry Back & Sides
- “Lightning Bolt” rosette, Holly & Walnut
- Ebony bridge
- Bone saddle with Buzz Feiten intonation
- Shedua Binding
- Lacquered body
- W.C. Cherry Neck (centre joined)
- Truoil finish
- Ebony fingerboard 24 frets, orange osage bound, .075″ frets
- Gold MOP dot markers
- Bone nut
- Waverly tuners, ebony buttons
- Blistered Amboya veneer over Holly & Walnut veneers on head stock
- Gold MOP “T” inlay
- B-Band UST pickup with volume control
Label
Top Blank
Rosette
Top Bracing
Back Braces
Inside the soundhole
Carving the neck
Headstock
Finished Guitar
Close up of the rosette and cutaway
Close up of the rosette
Cherry Back
Pictures © David Freeman
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