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Looking forward to another masterpiece!
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Making good progress!
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Looks beautiful! My goodness, I admire Mr. Olson. So much work on the bench but he has his 'system' nailed. I know he probably deserves a retirement but I hope he doesn't shut the shop lights down too soon. I'm due to hit the lottery in the next two years and I will need him then. Your guitar will be special I think.
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Jim continues to make progress on my guitar, as well as the others in the Class of 2017. He sent me some pics, as well as a summary of the 28 guitars he is building this year:
12 Indian Rosewood, 1 maple cut-away, 1 Tiger Myrtle, 2 Mahogany Tree guitars, 1 curly mahogany, and 11 Brazilians guitars All are sold except for one - a 40th anniversary guitar (I assume it's one of the Brazilians). He has just completed the binding stage, and is now moving on to the necks. Apparently the binding stage is a lot of work - mitering, taping, scraping, and sanding. I'm including a picture of the scrapings - his arms get quite a workout! Once the necks are complete, he'll move on to the finishing, which is expected to take some time.
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Nothing Like An Olson
You know...there is nothing like an Olson
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Stunning! I would love to just be a fly on the wall in his workshop. As pretty as all those shavings are I have no urge to pick up a broom. I bet they'd make a wonderful potpourri though!
I listened to the Fretboard Journal podcast interview with him this past year and agree that he has certainly earned a retirement. I found the story of how he solicited James Taylor to be particularly inspiring. The man has a humbleness that we should all strive for but looking at these pictures it's clear there's a good reason for it. The man clearly has his own style down to more than a science; those are real works of art! If I ever hit the lottery I don't know if I can get on such an exclusive list. For me, I'd need to build a house that had a special little room - or even better a courtyard - where I could immerse myself in the experience of playing. One day I would at least like to try out one of those EIR/WRC SJs. IMO they are pretty much the Holy Grail of fingerstyle guitars.
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So does Jim build all his guitars at one time for the year? There are about 28 bodies there together.
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This will be my first...based on your signature block you have quite the experience with Olsons!! This will also be only the second guitar I've bought without playing it - the first (the Bourgeois listed in my signature) was a beautiful guitar, but I've just recently put it up for sale - it just never felt right for me. I hope I don't have that experience with the Olson - I've played one other Olson SJ - and he has such a reputation for sound and feel consistency that I think I'm on solid ground here.
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I'm not sure if his process was ever different, but I believe that has been his standard process for some time - he moves through each phase in building with the entire lot for the year.
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Haha! That's exactly what I was thinking when he sent me that pic!
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I see two special mahogany guitars it this years batch.
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Yeah, a couple of "Tree" beauties! I had thought about commissioning one, but I'm not a huge fan of the mahogany tone, although this particular wood, as we all know, is stunning to look at. The Bourgeois that I have put up for sale is mahogany - loved the look, the sound wasn't for me.
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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.
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For those of us who lust for an Olson, Dream Guitars has two of 'em!
Quarter vine on one. Really beautiful. Last edited by fingerwalker; 06-15-2017 at 10:33 AM. |