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Martin Cowboy Pickguard: black walnut, Bastogne
walnut, mahogany, madrone, maple, African blackwood, ebony; malachite, malachite web, green lizard,
obsidian, pipestone, spiney oyster and denim lapis
recon stone; denim, midnight, red, granite and bone
Corian; brass, silver, mammoth ivory, thin mother-of-pearl and crushed pearl.
Leach’s Cherub: 14k gold
lettering; mammoth ivory,
red coral, Corian, brass, gold
pearl and walnut cherub; malachite, green rippled abalone
vine; green heart abalone
headstock trim; crushed pearl
headstock binding.
Back of Samurai guitar: sycamore, madrone, black walnut, Bastogne walnut, maple, koa, mahogany, laminated
veneers; various Corian “stone” colors (midnight, red, blue,
bone, evergreen); Agoya shell, pale abalone, green rippled
abalone, silver, malachite, mammoth ivory, thin mother-of-pearl; blue and green Atlante; obsidian recon stone.
