I had been leaning toward a deep body OM, especially after seeing some of the incredible OMs being built for AGF'ers of late. Cigar Fan's incredible OM from Stephen Kinnaird may be "guitar of the year" in my book, and there have been many other notable beauties. However, I asked John what he would most like to build, and he said a deep body 000. I don't have a 000, and I wanted to let John do his thing, so I happily agreed. Main thing I wanted: smaller body, big sound, strong bass response.
As I said, Pau Santo back and sides. This is a dark wood, with a mix of browns, black, and some green streaks. For the top, I chose cedar for the sound, despite it being dark also. Plenty of spruce guitars in my near future, and I dearly miss my Lowden cedar/mahogany O-35. Creates an opportunity for contrast with some other details like the armrest bevel and inlay, to be revealed here soon.
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