New Edwinson 000 Consort Venetian!

[theEdwinson]

Originally Posted by bubbaprime

Beautiful glamour shots, and loved the report on its developing voice.

As much as I love the beauty and detail on this guitar, I am just overwhelmed with excitement to see you top this build with your next

Yes, I always try to top the previous build. Sometimes the wood tells you what it wants to be, and it's usually right!

Clearing the decks, here, Jeff! It's my favorite time of the year to build a guitar. The weather here is perfect in October, and into November. It's often cool, dry, and sunny, low humidity, with the most incredible blue skies you'll ever see. I LOVE being able to open a window and let in some air!
I bet you remember how intense blue the skies are here in the South.

We will begin the story this weekend. An auspicious beginning!

[Joel Teel]

Originally Posted by theEdwinson

Yes, I always try to top the previous build. Sometimes the wood tells you what it wants to be, and it's usually right!

Clearing the decks, here, Jeff! It's my favorite time of the year to build a guitar. The weather here is perfect in October, and into November. It's often cool, dry, and sunny, low humidity, with the most incredible blue skies you'll ever see. I LOVE being able to open a window and let in some air!
I bet you remember how intense blue the skies are here in the South.

We will begin the story this weekend. An auspicious beginning!

Am I to find myself with the good fortune of visiting you just as you're beginning a new build?

[SJ VanSandt]

I sympathize with your redlightitis - I suffer from the same syndrome - but I'm dying to hear this guitar. Your descriptions are just tantalizing!

[theEdwinson]

Originally Posted by Wood Knot

Am I to find myself with the good fortune of visiting you just as you're beginning a new build?

That's right, Joel. I think we'll be bending sides, laminating them, and installing the neck and end blocks. We'll see how far we get- I'm guessing we'll be spending a fair amount of time talking, wood-nerding, and such. I have some amazing new sets of wood to show you! But Jeff's "Spirit" guitar is next up! Ziricote B&S, Adirondack top, another 000 Consort model.

[theEdwinson]

Originally Posted by SJ VanSandt

I sympathize with your redlightitis - I suffer from the same syndrome - but I'm dying to hear this guitar. Your descriptions are just tantalizing!

You know, this is the single biggest hurdle I face- getting decent quality sound clips of my guitars, and posting them online. I've been playing every day lately, but my chops are still pretty rusty- I'm not a confident guitar player. I also lack the knowledge and skill of producing high quality recordings.
My friend Ken Hobbs, owner of the Blackwood Rose Consort (you may recall from springtime this year) gave me a Zoom H4N stereo field recorder awhile back; I still haven't learned how to use it. Maybe this weekend, Joel and I can figure something out. (He's smarter than I am!)
The new Consort really is a great sounding guitar. I'm proud of it, and would love to feature a sound clip. Somehow, I don't think it's going to be hanging around long. I'll keep you posted.

[J.R. Rogers]

Such a beauty... love the Element 4.0 bridge and marbled Ebony. The Edwinson made the cover of my latest album and I recorded the demo of track 1 with this same guitar.

[theEdwinson]

Originally Posted by J.R. Rogers

Such a beauty... love the Element 4.0 bridge and marbled Ebony. The Edwinson made the cover of my latest album and I recorded the demo of track 1 with this same guitar.

J.R., thanks a million for posting that. I'm adding your new album to my collection. There's nothing better than listening to your music when I'm in the shop working. It really keeps the inspiration flowing! THAT is what it's all about!
So glad you're still diggin' the Blackthorne Consort! My love to Holly too!

[mikealpine]

Steve, it would be awesome if you could a/b the two guitars! Just some simple strumming would be my request. This is not about guitar skills, just a basic sense of what the guitars sound like. Thanks for the offer!

[GaultierRedon14]

I second that request--we have many great pictures of your guitars, but so few recordings! It would be great to have some more recordings of your different body sizes for comparison. This OOO is really beautiful--there is an easy visual harmony between the various woods and trim. Even without the shading, it would still blend well.

[Sarasin]

Stunning!
That is just beautiful.

[j. Kinnaird]

beautiful guitar. I too would love to hear a sound clip

[theEdwinson]

I will try to figure out how to use the Zoom H4N recorder to make some clean sound clips. It will probably just be some fingerpicking figures, chord strums, and some open tuning examples- not full on musical compositions. I'm just not there yet with that!
Then I'll need to figure out how to post the clips here. Thanks, everyone, for getting on me to do this. I really want to give my guitars some revealing public demos.
I loaned the Ebony Falcon I built earlier this year to my friends, Joel and Cliff, last night. Yesterday, they stopped in to the shop after the fishing outing, and I got to hear what the Falcon sounds like from the spectator's side, as Joel and Cliff both rocked out on it for a few minutes. It is LOUD, especially for a little guitar, and it has a very distinctive "resonator" vibe- like an antique Dobro. Very cool!
I'm heading over to Cliff's house in a few minutes, and we're going to fry up some of the crappie we caught yesterday. Hopefully, they've both had a chance to play the Falcon in more depth; and maybe I can get them to chime in with their impressions here...
It's a beautiful, warm, sunny Fall day here- just about perfect for hanging out with friends.

[skinnerb]

The Redwood looks to me like "fossilized water" in the way you have oriented the figure of the wood. How wonderful is that! It flows with grace. Now that I have found this thread I cannot stay away. Well done and well done!

[Fast Jimmy]

Gosh, it looks almost as good as Old #96!
Congrats on another fine build Steve, enjoy those crappies.
Jim

[J.R. Rogers]

Thank you, Steve - looking forward to those recordings. I might try to get in front of the mic with the Blackthorne too, since I have everything set up at the moment (working on the newest).

JR