Inlays

William Laskin designs inlays using 9 different species of shell, 15 different types of stone, 4 different kinds of ivory and bone, and 3 different metals. They hand cut them , inset them 1.2mm deep, level them, cut detail into them, then fill the cuts with a wax/de compound. They can even engrave the details of human faces. Example.

Bordeaux designs, hand cuts, and installs custom inlays for musicians, as well as guitar builders. Can contact him to discuss what you wish to have and he can work individually with you. Has done work for instruments owned by Aerosmith, Buzz Feiten, The Doors,
Steve Vai, Def Leppard, Albert Collins, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, and Lionna Boyd.

Fuquay Inlay offers inlaid personalization and artistic motifs in custom shell and pearl design. They use Mother-of-pearl, paua abalone shell, and red & green abalone shell. They offer Corian heart, diamond vine, flowers, and urn designs. They also design the 3-D inlay and celtic design.

Mosby offer the finest in custom pearl inlay for guitars, banjos and other musical instruments. All inlays are hand cut and inlaid using meticulously selected materials. Custom pearl inlay is also available for other items including cigar humidors, gun stocks, silverware boxes, etc. Uses materials such as mother of pearl, red and green abalone, paua shell, pink oyster, tagua nut, sterling silver, gold, brass, copper, aluminum, corian, reconstituted stone such as turquoise and malachite, plastics, and various wood veneers. Each inlay is custom to your specific needs.

Small wonder offers Inlay dots for musical instrument fingerboards in many different shell types and sizes, solid shell inlay blanks sold by the gram, mother of pearl and Abalone inlay squares and rectangles, shell pre-cut for soundhole inlay and body purfling, guitar truss rod covers/ block inlay sets/ crown inlay sets/split block sets, for guitar fingerboards, alternative inlays such as turquoise/lapis lazuli/malachite, specialist tools and adhesives for inlay work, musical instrument plans, and more. They already undertake custom logo, head and fingerboard inlays on behalf of a number of top makers in Britain. Some shapes include black Tahiti dots, diamonds, gold mother of pearl dots, inlay squares, snowflakes, New Zealand Paua dots, stars, and mother of pearl white dots.

Robinson offers fine handcrafted abalone and mother of pearl inlays. They are all done individually by Robinson without the aid of computer, controlled cutting machines or other duplicating devices. Gallery.

Abyss Guitars offers custom inlays that are done by Kevin L. Pederson and are all hand cut, filed and then inlayed by hand. You can choose any style for your inlay, from simple dots or blocks to the most ornate; vine art is available. They do four types of inlays: Religious, Scene, VineArt, and Tribal/Icon inlays.

Brian England offers a huge variety of custom inlays for all musical instruments, such as guitars, banjos, mandolins, and dulcimers. Choose from almost any material, shape, and size and personalize your inlay to represent your specific instrument.

Craig Lavin offers hand cut inlays, specifically marine life, nature, and animals. All his pieces are one of a kind works, created from various pearls, metals, stones, woods, and synthetics. Machines are not used during any parts of the process and materials are chosen based upon the natural colors and textures required by the piece.

Nichols designs custom inlays for truss rod covers, pick guards, fretboards, tuner bottoms, and guitars. Woods that are available are African blackwood, cocobolo, cherry, rosewood, poplar, redwood, cedar, walnut, ebony, sitka spruce, bubinga, and many more. Their inlays consist of lettering, symbols, logos, cultural, characters, religious, animals and nature.

Tri Evans Custom Inlays range from range from personal signatures to large intricate pictures. He offers inlay services to everyone, not just builders, all you need to do is envision what you want and contact him. The materials he uses are black, gold, white, ad pink mother of pearl, red abalone, paua abalone, white ivory river pearl, sterling silver, and more.

Thorn Custom Guitars offers inlays for the neck, body, and cover. He also designs intricate fire suns for any part of the guitar.

Sharon Van Dusen specializes in one of a kind custom inlays. All of her pieces are hand cut using patterns of her own design, or adapted from your artwork. She uses white, gold, and black mother of pearl, abalone, paua, and Ab Lam, as well as various metals and other materials.

Brain Moore offers custom inlays from your own unique designs. He can create just about anything using 7 different types of abalone shells, 39 different recon stones, 3 varieties of pearl, and 7 different metals.

Moses McKnight makes custom hand crafted banjos with special inlays. Inlays are hand cut and inlayed by herself, with the exception of the diamonds and some other standard shapes which she buys pre-cut. She is currently using a dremel tool with a router base and a carbide bit to route the inlay cavities.

Kingslight designs custom inlay work from their own designs and also from motifs they find in books or they can work from your own designs. They use primarily shell (abalone and mother of pearl), metals and woods for the inlay materia but they will be trying some other possibilities soon.

Mcknight guitars design inlays for guitars. They do pearl drop necklaces, peace doves, logos, Greek symbols, eagles, and snowflakes.