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02-15-2022, 11:53 PM
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Eastman vs Taylor Abalone
Just curious, what types of abalone are each company using? Is one more rare than the other?
Taylor K24ce BE, which I just acquired. [  New model Eastman AC922CE 
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02-16-2022, 06:57 AM
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The Eastman looks like Pearl, though perhaps a light rose Abalone. The one above it Abalone, Blue Paua perhaps.. I think Abalone is the more expensive material. But more of the cost is the labor needed to inlay them.
There is fake pearl out there that looks pretty good. I have it on one guitar where the luthier refused to kill shellfish and I am well satisfied with the result (purfling, not inlay). I have not heard of man-made Abalone and would have used it for purfling on others had the luthiers known of a source.
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