Hi Mark...
Played the guitar which Don built after studying top-voicing with Ervin Somogyi, and spent about 20 minutes with it and with Don. If this guitar is an indication of his building direction, it is a very good direction.
The guitar has amazing sustain, resonance, wonderful balance between strings as well as good note separation. The response was what I have come to expect from my Olson and Bashkin, and the tension of the strings where they cross the soundhole was very supple when you grab the strings and flex them...not at all stiff, but very pliant.
The fit-n-finish were great, and the tone was solid all the way up the fingerboard to the high ''C'' on the 1st string. Intonation was wonderful, and it played very nicely in Dropped D. Didn't try any other alternate tunings.
Action was set low and tone and response were very solid.
Don was one of the surprises of the show to me - his guitar building is exceptionally clean, and he seems to understand what he is trying to accomplish.
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