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Mike Sherman
07-10-2015, 9:45 PM
I finished this one today. It was built for a friend who is a Jerry Garcia fan. He also is a Bernese Mountain Dog lover and I wanted to do something special on this one as he lost two of his dogs recently. I went off of pictures I found on his FB page for the body and head stock inlays.
He's a strat lover so his only request was 3 single coils, and I had free license on the rest, so I did a Quilted Maple Drop-Top over Northern Ash.


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http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/rgb500/dogfather%2011_zps9gswg7rs.jpg

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Mel Fulks
07-10-2015, 9:53 PM
Very nice. Love the treatment of the dogs ,really artful.
Mike Sherman
07-10-2015, 9:56 PM
Thanks, Mel. I hope he likes it as he hasn't seen it yet.
Dennis Peacock
07-11-2015, 12:26 PM
Love it.!!!! Awesome work and nice touches on the inlay.
Mike Sherman
07-13-2015, 3:24 PM
Thanks, Dennis! Now finish that strat:D
John Coloccia
07-17-2015, 5:34 PM
That's sweet, Mike!
Shawn Pixley
07-17-2015, 8:06 PM
Pretty cool! The inlay is very imaginative!
Julie Moriarty
07-22-2015, 9:19 AM
Beautiful work, Mike! I'm sure the new owner loves it! Did you design the horns based on dog's ears or am I just imagining that?
John Coloccia
07-22-2015, 10:20 AM
Beautiful work, Mike! I'm sure the new owner loves it! Did you design the horns based on dog's ears or am I just imagining that?

It's based on Jerry Garcia's custom guitars that Doug Irwin made for him. The first one he made for him actually, if I remember correctly. Some later ones had pointier horns if I recall correctly. Personally not my favorite design, but Mike did a fine job as usual. :)