This is the one that I'm using to test several new techniques all at once (set in neck, laminated scarf, curved top glue-up, tinted lacquer fade, block inlay, So far it's gone okay although my table router has a bad habit of tear out and did a number to the alder and maple top. Fingers crossed that the wood filler doesn't act like screw-up highlighter.
The goal: My inlay skills as tested on scrap clearly were not up to this challenge so I went for plain old MOP blocks.
Where I left off a year ago:
I think she approves!
Color test: