Adam Steinquist V45 Sloped Dread NO LONGER FOR SALE

[Brent Nelson]

No longer for sale! This is a lifetime keeper. Can't part with it, despite circumstances.

The Builder. Adam Steinquist is an amazing craftsman. On top of that, he's just a quality, civic-minded, humble guy; the kind of guy you really like to do business with. I doubt many of you here know him....at least yet. But you should. I met Adam because I was fortunate to run in to one of his guitars hanging at Madison Music, which is my favorite local haunt. After an hour or so with the instrument, I had to know more. Knowing he is right here in Madison, Wisconsin, I found him on Facebook and fired him a couple of questions. A couple of weeks later, he was kind enough to invite me to his home and provide me a tour of his modest workshop.

Adam is building guitars in that modest workshop in his home outfitted almost exclusively with hand tools. Hand carved necks. Hand bent sides. Hand....everything. He had several projects on his bench the day I visited, and it was fun to learn more about his craft and his building philosophies. He truly is a student of his craft, and I was fortunate to play a couple of his earlier builds, each one better than the next as he has honed his signature tone. Although unlikely many of you know of him, you may well be familiar with Paul Woolson -- another awesome guitar-building savant living right here in Madison. Adam and Paul are friends and have collaborated on a couple of projects. Both are making wonderful instruments that go in very different yet equally fantastic directions.

The "Guitar." This is guitar #6 for Adam: a Steinquist V45 which is his take on those fantastic Gibson slope shouldered dreads of yester-year. And that is precisely the tone Adam has squeezed out of this guitar. It is not your "cut through the mix, bluegrass boomer" but rather it is sweet and round and balanced. Don't get me wrong. It's plenty loud. But the sounds that emanate from it are rather mellow and round and sweet and subdued. Strong in the fundamental with just enough overtones to keep you interested. With none of the brashness or harsh metallic edge that I generally avoid and that wears my old ears down over time. NONE of that. In some ways, it reminds me of the Martin CEO-7 I recently parted with, but in a bigger package. More of everything I liked about that CEO with none of the boxiness smaller-bodied guitars often afford. Just round and sweet and wonderful.

The guitar itself is in excellent condition, with just a bit of honest play wear. Adam had loaned this out to several performing musicians to demo, and there are a few signs of use. But as a whole it is in excellent shape. And here it is:

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The specs:
- Top: Adirondack spruce
- Back/sides: Indian rosewood (with some really wild grain)
- Board/bridge: ebony
- Binding: rosewood
- Purfling: bloodwood
- Backstrip: bloodwood
- Headstock inlay: koa
- Nut/saddle: bone
- Tuners: Gotoh 510 Cosmic Black
- Scale: 24.625
- Nut: 1 11/16 nut
- Neck joint: dovetail
- Electronics: K&K pure mini


I'm not a very eloquent guitar reviewer, and I don't believe my internet babbling can do this instrument and all of the hand work that went into squeezing so much magic out of it justice. But I can relay that I've owned a LOT of guitars over the last 20 years or so: single luthier, small shops, and factory instruments of every shape, size, and wood combination. Froggy Bottom. Ted Thompson. McIlroy. Collings. SCGC. Goodall. Fox. Kronbauer. Lowden. Lakewood. More. Many of you own most of those instruments now. ; ) What I can tell you without reservation is that I am as satisfied with this instrument as any I've had through. It serves what I do (singer/songwriter kind of stuff) perfectly. I just can't keep them all, and the others are not selling.

Get a handmade instrument for the price of your Taylor: $XXXX, includes a hardshell case.

THIS post will be hard to "submit." But.....the dollars this will bring are more necessary to me right now.

Thanks for looking in.
Brent

[wayside]

Brent...wonderful looking guitar and you did it justice with your description. Just a hint to make your posting a bit easier for shoppers...I couldn't get Google Photos to link to this site, drove me nuts. Finally I discovered the secret. Right click on your image and select "Copy Image Address." Paste that very long link into your post by clicking on the "Insert Image" icon. Do that with each photo and all your photos will show up in your posting instead of having to click on each link and go back and forth to Google Photos. Hope this helps with the sale of the guitar.

Oh, when you edit your post you're going to have to select the "Go Advanced" option.

[lcgeek]

Links work fine for me. Nice guitar.

[wayside]

Originally Posted by lcgeek

Links work fine for me. Nice guitar.

Not the point...the links work fine but you have to click on each one...all I was doing was suggesting a method for displaying his photos directly in his posting.

[Brent Nelson]

A LOT of nibbles, but no bites yet. Bump.

[fitness1]

[Brent Nelson]

THANK you Todd. Monday bump. Someone will be very pleased with this one.
Brent

[Brent Nelson]

Still available. Thanks for looking in.

[Brent Nelson]

One more trip up the chain.

[Brent Nelson]

Sunday Funday bump.

[Brent Nelson]

No longer for sale. This is a lifetime keeper. I can't part with it, despite circumstances. Maybe I can sell my liver (wait....no way. ; )