John's Tirga Beag
A more hands on Tirga Beag
"Observing the whole process of building the guitar from start to finish was a real privilege. The range of skills required and the attention to detail was amazing. Helping out with one or two of the simple jobs was a bonus…..but the really unique part for me was the planning. I got to play some of Rory’s guitars and look at pictures of his back catalogue. Rory got to know my style of playing, the sort of sound and the aesthetics I was looking for. He put all this together and the end result is superb: international tone woods with some local burr wood detail - beautiful tone and plays really well."
Dr John Marston, 2016
Materials
Back & Sides - beautiful 4-piece Belizean Rosewood
Sound board - Master grade Adirondack
Neck - old medium-dense reclaimed Mahogany
Ebano fretboard
Ebano bindings with Scottish Sycamore purfling
Crail Elm for the rosette and bevel
Very first hot-sand-faded bevel by Taran Guitars
Gotoh 510’s tuners in silver with black buttons
Ebony hand-carved bridge with Ebony pins
Headstock faces in book-matched Madagascan Rosewood and black veneers
Sterling silver hand cut t.
