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John and I considered a variety of tops, including Adirondack, Carpathian, and Euro spruce. We also considered a variety of rosewoods and rosewood variants.
Ultimately, John felt European "Transit of Venus" Spruce and Southeast Indian Rosewood was most likely to give me the sound I want. I love the look and color of straight grained SEIR. It's hard to beat.
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John builds great guitars...
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I personally prefer the North Ascarpment Yengshia SEIR, but it's hard to find NAY-SEIR in suitable lengths - the trees being 10' in diameter but only 23" tall. Cheers, Phil |
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Um...I just think it will look and sound nice. No matter what was in Zenith.
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I have yet to find virgins of legal harvesting age.
Uh...only after I typed that did I realize it could be taken a few different ways...
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Don't know about the virgins for harvesting, but every time I play my Italian spruce guitars I want spaghetti or pizza.
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After playing a number of mahogany backed 12 strings over the past several months, John and I decided to go with a more traditional wood combination for the 12 string - adirondack and mahogany. I think projection and clarity will be more important with the 12 string and I don't want to risk too many overtones in an instrument that is inherently full of overtone.
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Having really "discovered" mahogany and the thrill of its warmth and clarity, I made some wood changes for this project. Going more traditional. See above.
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Here's a first glimpse of the adi top and mahogany back and sides. I believe the third picture is with naphtha.
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Nice - but you knew I'd say that! I had a really good chat with John the last day. Remarkable how these guys work and think and apply their tremendous skill to the craft!
Looking forward to seeing how this progresses. Good to meet you face to face at HGF! Best, Phil |
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Likewise, Phil. Great to meet you. I think John's craftsmanship is at the very highest level, and I'm loving the 00-12 I have on loan. It's a tremendous guitar.
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