The heel is made from 3 pieces, consecutive cuts from the same rift-sawn neck blank. The trick is to flip the middle section, allowing for perfect grain continuity. Because of the rift cut, the grain lines form a zigzag pattern creating the illusion the tree grew with sharp twists – in real trees do grow like this sometimes, but of course the grains are wavy not zigzagged. The pattern will be more visible once the heel is polished.
Alexandru Marian Spanish Guitars 
