New Build - Olson SJ Brazilian

[SiliconValleySJ]

Originally Posted by fingerwalker

For those of us who lust for an Olson, Dream Guitars has two of 'em!
Quarter vine on one. Really beautiful.

Not to hijack OP's thread, but that Olson #1287 is actually the inspiration for my Heinonen build. Hands down my favorite fingerstyle guitar ever. (hopefully until I get my build...!)

Stevie--Jim's progress looks amazing and I hope it gets delivered sooner rather than later!

[skinnerb]

Originally Posted by Mr Fingers

Your BRW set offers reasonably straight grain that should behave well over time, while having enough figure to really jump. That's a hard combo to get these days, when buyers see so much over-the-top psychedelic stumpwood, but for a guitar -- not a coffee table, not an expressionist artwork -- nothing beats the beautiful but restrained effect of yours.

-------------------------I don't see what you mean when you say " Reasonably straight grain". Perhaps My eyes are going bad but I see only flat sawn wood. No quartersawn or even rift anywhere.

[Stevied63]

Originally Posted by ExpoTom

Not to hijack OP's thread, but that Olson #1287 is actually the inspiration for my Heinonen build. Hands down my favorite fingerstyle guitar ever. (hopefully until I get my build...!)

Stevie--Jim's progress looks amazing and I hope it gets delivered sooner rather than later!

I think you may have surpassed your inspiration Tom - your guitar looks amazing. I have similar aesthetic tastes to yours - less blingy, focus on wood. Other than the pickguard (I chose not to have one), I love all the choices you made.

[yukonkornelius]

WOW. That class photo. Just wow...

[redir]

Wow that's really neat to see pics of a large shop production like that. That guitar is looking great, along with the others I can imagine.

[Stevied63]

Originally Posted by redir

Wow that's really neat to see pics of a large shop production like that. That guitar is looking great, along with the others I can imagine.

Haha! I'm not sure Jim would agree that its a large shop production - Jim builds these guitars himself - no assistants (he hasn't had any help for the last few years). What you are looking at is the full year production in one picture - 28 guitars, all by one (amazing) guy. I think Dana Bourgeois would be more of a large shop production - he and his team produce 400 guitars a year out of a small shop in Lewiston Maine.

[Howard Klepper]

Originally Posted by Stevied63

Haha! I'm not sure Jim would agree that its a large shop production - Jim builds these guitars himself - no assistants (he hasn't had any help for the last few years). What you are looking at is the full year production in one picture - 28 guitars, all by one (amazing) guy. I think Dana Bourgeois would be more of a large shop production - he and his team produce 400 guitars a year out of a small shop in Lewiston Maine.

Large shop production out of a small shop is quite a trick!

[Stevied63]

Originally Posted by Howard Klepper

Large shop production out of a small shop is quite a trick!

Haha!! Good point!!

[Jeff Mc]

Jim was doing 2 batches a year of around 25 each until he started wintering and golfing in AZ. Not sure how long ago that was, maybe 10 years? Now, he just does one a year. I used to live about 10 miles from him and visited occasionally. He ragged me for owning two Ryans but none of his. I finally gave in. He had several orphans in the batch that he was working on at the time- a cedar/EIR SJ, a koa/italian spruce SJ and I think a third one. Bodies and necks were done. The only input that I had were fretboard inlays and truss rod cover, but it was done in about a month. (I chose the koa.) He really is a great guy and I miss visiting with him. We exchange emails every once in a while. He is a great luthier but is an engineering/tool making genius I think. I was there one time and he had a guitar that he had made for Pierre Bensusan. Pierre turned it down. At the time that I was there, he was planning on giving it to his son but eventually sold it I think. It was very lowden-like in woods and satin finish. Boy, I loved that guitar.

[murrmac123]

Originally Posted by Jeff Mc

It was very lowden-like in woods and satan finish.

as opposed to a heavenly gloss finish ...

[joe white]

Originally Posted by murrmac123

as opposed to a heavenly gloss finish ...

Almost spit my coffee out laughing!


I was wondering who else would catch that one.

[Stevied63]

Jim continues to make good progress, although he told me he was interrupted a few days ago by a visit from Boz Scaggs! He doesn't own an Olson yet - but maybe Jim will add him to next year's list!

Anyway, here is the class of 2017 with necks attached.

[Codfather]

Originally Posted by Stevied63

Jim continues to make good progress, although he told me he was interrupted a few days ago by a visit from Boz Scaggs! He doesn't own an Olson yet - but maybe Jim will add him to next year's list!

Anyway, here is the class of 2017 with necks attached.

I love the wall of routers lol .....and the 3 rows of non cutaways

[fingerwalker]

ExpoTom, it sure didn't take long for that Olson 1287 to sell. Already gone from Dream Guitars!

[Stevied63]

Originally Posted by fingerwalker

ExpoTom, it sure didn't take long for that Olson 1287 to sell. Already gone from Dream Guitars!

Wow, that was fast for a $30k guitar!