Pricilla TD18 build

[Taffy Evans]

Pricilla TD18…
The request for this guitar came via a mate of mine who attended the Top Half Folk Festival in the NT in the early 1980’s. It came written on the inside of a cigarette packet. Along with the request was a long list of inlays and adornments that the customer wanted on the guitar.
I thought that it would have made the guitar look “tacky” to include them all, so I advised the customer of what I was happy to include, and luckily she agreed.
I tried to remove the tackiness by including her bunny rabbit as the Hare, her bird as a Wedgetail Eagle, her Butterfly as a butterfly, and her initials as an engraving on real silver on the heal cap.
Timbers used are EI Rosewood, Sitka spruce, Honduras Mahogany neck, and Ebony fingerboard.

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The customer returned the guitar some years later for repair as it was found floating in its case in flood waters. That was a back-and-top-off repair.
Thanks for looking.
Taff

[WJ Guitars]

Taffy your very versatile to the client's request. Great Result.

Wayne

[Mark McLean]

Not tacky - just beautifully decorated. The rosewood looks sensational.