Olson Build - #1325 Brazilian Dread started 5/2010
 

Here we go with the start of an amazing dread built to match my Olson #1301 Brazilian SJ.

Specifications are as follows:
- Dreadnaught, Cutaway
- Highly figured Brazilian Back and Sides
- Brazilian rosewood and curly maple 5 piece neck
- Adirondack Top
- Paua bound ebony headstock with custom paua inlay and paua "O" logo and Brazilian backplate
- Paua fretboard perimeter binding and custom paua partial vine inlaid fretboard markers
- Radially cut Brazilian rosette with wide Paua band
- Custom paua inlay on the ebony bridge
- Brazilian heelcap
- Brazilian binding around body
- Fossilized walrus ivory pins, end pin and strap buttons
- Paua end block
- Gold satin Gotoh tuners with ebony knobs
- Clear Pickguard
- LR Baggs LB6 Pickup
- Deluxe Carbon Fiber Calton Case (Not sure on color yet)
- Bone saddle and nut

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...1325/214-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5/keith1-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...1325/keith.jpg

Looking forward to another jem in creation from Jim!

That's some spectacular Brazilian. Look forward to seeing it finished.

I always enjoy Olson builds, keep the updates coming.

That wood looks amazing! Why are you letting Jim keep some by doing a cutaway :-). Have him send you the scrap for a coaster if he doesn't use it in the trim.

I will ask Jim for it. I will make my daughters earings!

Wow. Can't wait to see the finished product!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/...dc69e42a_o.gif

This is gonna be cool to watch.. that set looks amazing!

I am thrilled with such a killer set.

Hi Kent, what exactly is spectacular about this piece? Personally I hope it sounds better than it looks.

Am I the only one who doesn't see the beauty? :wink:

Assuming you are serious (I am not really sure how your "wink" was intended)
this is actually an issue that has been discussed on this forum quite a bit.

I won't hi-jack the thread by opening up the issue of this type of "cut", but there are some who see it as beautiful, and other more traditional types see it as poor quality wood for a guitar.

Everyone has their perspective on quarter sawn and flat sawn. I looked at well over 100 options and this was exactly the figured with spider web that I was looking for. I honestly think that this is the most attractive Brazilian, but others prefer the straight grained dark stuff. That other straight stuff is just for my liking. So I guess that is the benefit of doing a build, you get to build to your preference. If you look at many of the Brazilian older Martins, many have this figuring and those guitars are still spectacular.

One of the nicest backs I have ever seen is the one on this guitar built by Jim Olson...and is behind my selection of this set of Brazilian:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...bd20back20.jpg

Anyway, I am really excited for this dread.

keith the brazilian on this build is pretty impressive..all the best and keep us updated with pictures

cheers

I am lucky to have such a beautiful piece....Jim will really make this one sing.

Keith,
congratulations and looking forward to your thread. I also spotted the Brazilian neck planks at the bottom of the stack behind your back wood on the second photo :)

I think that is just darker mahogany. He has only made 4 brazilian necks ever (#1301 was the 4th) so he doesn't make those up. That said, he told me mine is already made!:D

I am pretty stoked about this dread. I have an Olson dread already and it is my favorite of all my guitars to play. This one will really be killer.

Keith,

you need to stop posting without pictures. It's against Forum rules :D

Beautiful brazilian...congratulations on what looks to be another awesome Olson build...

Thanks....I am sure the progress will be slow for a while..he is putting together a batch to start working on.

CPA, when did your addiction to custom builds start?:)

Keith, that back is truly amazing.
That very grain pattern is one of the reasons I like Brazilian.
You're going to have a honey of a guitar.

Steve

I looked at a lot of sets of Brazilian and still wasn't finding what I wanted....so I sent a picture of what I was looking for....and as soon as I saw it I knew in a flash.

Honey of a guitar is the truth! It will be the big brother guitar to my one I got in February #1301:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...horizontal.jpg

The appointments will be identical except it will have an Adirondack top.

Here are pictures from Jim of the Class of 2010!

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...readbender.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5/keith5-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5/keith6-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5/keith7-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5/keith8-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5/keith9-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith10-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith11-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith12-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith13-1.jpg

You're fast, man! Just got my pictures 10 minutes ago:)

I really like how Jim lines up his classes. And it is always fun to see the peacocks in there, like the pink ivory and the pernambuco and whatever the white one is.

So which one is yours? The pink one?? LOL

You've seen my wood, mine is the unfanciest of all and can even hide in the EIR's :)

Some like to color within straight lines and some like to color outside the lines.

They say our wood is a function of our personality...I tend to go for those with the more attractive figure...maybe you like yours like a carpenters dream...straight as a board and never been...woops. :D:D:D

Updates.....

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith15.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith16.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith17.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith18.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith19.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith20.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith21-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...25/keith22.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith23-1.jpg

And a few more:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith24-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith25-1.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../keith26-1.jpg