Thanks...
Despite this guitar being about the 54th BRW flat top that he has made over the last 15 or so years since he began documenting his work (the first ~30+ years are not that well documented), Bruce still has a fantastic wood locker of BRW remaining. Even after culling all the sets, it came down to 8 or 9 sets. Because of the traditional nature of the design (despite the custom features), a simpler, straight grained set just made sense. The fact that the back and sides were flitch matched (cut from the same piece) was a bonus. On another guitar, I might have chosen a more ornate yet quartersawn set.
Any one in the Bay area or coming into town for a visit, I recommend making an appointment to visit Bruce's work shop and explore his wood locker (which has BRW and many other tonewoods).
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Originally Posted by GWF
That is the set of BRW I would have picked as well, and I don't even know what else you had to choose from. Wow.
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