Handmade Hardrock Maple Guitar

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <bR> <div> <B>Murals Fantastic</B>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#996633" FACE="Arial" >   |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals Fantastic"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="42d58020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Handmade Hardrock Maple Guitar</div> <div> <IMG SRC="29f3053d0.jpg" border=0 width="773" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "This guitar was designed, cut and carved by myself over a one year period. </div> <div> I sketched various shapes until I came up with this one. I wanted something unique. It has a heart cut into the right side.</div> <div> The body is hard-rock maple with mahogany and redwood center pieces. The fretboard is birdseye maple. I carved the 12 inch radius for the fretboard </div> <div> , measured and sawed all of the frets into their critical positions. I then hammered in the frets and drilled holes for the aluminum fretboard markers. </div> <div> After I finished all of the wood parts, I hand rubbed 50 coats of linseed oil into the wood to give it a rich, deep glow and for extra deep protection. </div> <div> I cut the brass surround plates and pick-guard and installed all of the electronic parts. </div> <div> This was my "baby" so I was so proud when after all of the studying and labor I did, I plugged it in and it played perfectly.</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="29f623c80.jpg" border=0 width="803" height="456" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> If you are a fellow musician, please leave any comments or messages about your own guitar <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>here</U></A></div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript"> var page_name = ''; var invisible = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE; var ui='rik';var rn=Math.random();var base=top.document; var qry=ui+':3::'+escape(base.referrer)+'::'+screen.width +'x'+screen.height+'::'+screen.colorDepth+'::'+escape(page_name) +'::'+invisible+'::'+rn+'::'+escape(base.URL); document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats/'+ui+'.htm'); document.write('"><img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/count.pl?'); document.write(qry+'" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"/><\/a>'); </script><noscript><a href="http://www.web-stat.com"> <img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/3/rik.gif" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"></a></noscript>   </div> <div> Murals Fantastic is the online portfolio for artist & muralist Rik Erickson.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> All images are © Copyright 2000 - 2001 by Rik Erickson, and may not be reproduced, </div> <div> copied, displayed, or used in any way without written permission.</div> <div> All rights reserved.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Artist and muralist Rik Erickson serving the Southern California  & Chicago area.</div> <div> For the very best in high quality murals, faux, trompe l'oeil, fine art, design and much more. </div> <bR> </BODY>