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Old 05-06-2017, 11:37 AM
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Default New Build - Olson SJ Brazilian

At long last, Jim Olson is back at work for the year, and has started on my SJ. He's building 25 guitars this year. My specs are:

SJ non cut-away
Brazilian Rosewood back and sides
Cedar top
Brazilian and Paua shell rosette
Brazilian binding and end wedge
Paua shell top edge, back center strip, and end wedge borders
Ebony fingerboard with WBW purfling
Ryan style 12th fret inlay on fingerboard
Ebony peghead front with Paua infilled "O" logo
Brazilian Rosewood peghead back veneer with ebony binding and WBW purfling
Gold tuners with ebony buttons and "O" logo
Calton "deluxe" flight case

I had a chance to select my Brazilian set from a number of options Jim presented to me; the one I selected is shown below. I'm very excited about this guitar - my first Olson. I'll periodically post pics as I receive them from Jim.

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Old 05-06-2017, 11:40 AM
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Wow congrats! Looking forward to following along.
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Old 05-06-2017, 11:41 AM
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This will be a blast, congrats...!
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Old 05-06-2017, 12:08 PM
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Wow, fantastic, congrats! The BRW set is wonderful!
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Awesome, looking forward to this thread. We should trade notes when your BRW Olson is done--I'm very curious as to how my Heinonen HRW will compare! (though yours has more paua, wish I had the funds set aside for that sort of treatment)
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Old 05-06-2017, 02:31 PM
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wow, congrats, you cant go wrong with a cedar Olson, that's for sure!
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Old 05-06-2017, 03:09 PM
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That Brazilian is a little spooky! Two eyes staring back at you. I like it and hope this is the guitar of your dreams!
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That will be an absolute beauty. Look forward to seeing more shots.
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Congrats! Jim has some of the nicest sets of Brazilian rosewood. It is so hard to find wood that nice. The sides match the back perfectly, which is not always the case with a lot of BRW guitars.

Good luck. I will be watching this build for sure.
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Beautiful BRW. Congrats on your build with Jim.

I look forward to watching. Living vicariously!
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Congratulations. It's great to see that Jim is still hard at work building these wonderful instruments.
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This'll be a fun thread to follow ... looking forward to it!
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I'm excited to follow this post, Stevied.
May I ask how you got him to build you one this year? I contacted him a few years ago and he said that he was already booked for the year. Did you have to wait long to get on The List?
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I'm excited to follow this post, Stevied.
May I ask how you got him to build you one this year? I contacted him a few years ago and he said that he was already booked for the year. Did you have to wait long to get on The List?
I almost got on his list this year, and that was early February when I reached out to him. (He was closing the list that week, but I opted not to go forward)

Probably means get to him end of this year for the 2018 build year to be safe.
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I'm excited to follow this post, Stevied.
May I ask how you got him to build you one this year? I contacted him a few years ago and he said that he was already booked for the year. Did you have to wait long to get on The List?
I reached out to him in January, and he said he could fit me in this year. He's only doing 25 this year - not sure if that's because he raised his prices (and demand dropped), or he self-limited - I suspect the latter based on a few comments he made. He now spends the winters in AZ and returns to MN in May - my guess is he won't be doing this too much longer, but that's only a guess (he didn't say anything to me about retiring). You should contact him directly and ask if you can get on the list for next year - he answers emails pretty quickly.
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