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I had a semi holiday to London this winther, and I made sure to visit TNAG, twice. I played a lot of the guitars they had available. I have always heard great things about Greenfield's and when I got my hands on two of his guitars in the store, I was in love.

A couple of days ago, I couldn't resist it any more...I had to buy myself a Greenfield. I got the last 2018 spot TNAG had for 2018. I am mainly starting this thread to get a discussion flowing on some of the options. The guitar will be done like april/may 2019, and NGD photos will of course be posted.

I have for now chosen:

• 80 year old Cocobolo
• Arm rest
• Moon spruce
• G2 body shape

Thoughts? Florentine cutaway, or not, that's the question...

I am not sure about the other options.
My kidney is up for sale.

Here is a photo of one of the previous builds that used the 80 year old coco.
https://i.imgur.com/XFWccq7l.jpg





See this Facebook post about the wood, makes me giggle like a 3 year old

https://i.imgur.com/snGwnbEl.jpg

First off, congratulations...:)

Honestly, no one can possibly answer whether or not a cutaway is the way to go for YOU or not. It really depends on the type of music that you play and how often you need to play material above the 12th fret. I play chords and single lines above the 12th fret regularly hence I like a cutaway. For many players it is unnecessary.

Have a chat with Michael. He can advise you.

Congrats, it would be hard to improve on those wood choices!!! You are living out the dream of many of us with this opportunity!

What blood type are you? I might have interest in that kidney!

I would always go with a cutaway because I don’t want to be limited.

That cocobolo is gorgeous by the way. It has a nice purple hue to it.

That sounds mighty fine. The Cocobolo looks brilliant!

Well, I agree. I think cutaway would be mainly about looks for me, to be honest.

Hey it’s no cutaway for me...but I believe you can get a Greenfield with a nice bevel on the front bout?

That would be sweet...

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Thanks! I have never checked my blood type, actually... let’s say it fits all.

Wowza, nice Cocobolo :up:

I think forum rules dictate you must specify a blood type when selling organs just like the price of a guitar or trade value in the classifieds. I will check with JR!!!:D Oh, and it will need to go in classifieds other....

I have a G1 with the upper bout bevel and an elevated fret board. Upper fret access is easy. This combination is a good alternate to a cutaway if that is not your style.

Cincy

I would suggest that you do not get the cutaway if that is the case! Most luthiers would probably concur that a guitar with a cutaway sounds lesser than one without.

Congratulations on the new Greenfield! You should sell part of your liver instead; that thing can regenerate itself. GLWS

I actually thought most luthiers believed it didn’t affect tone a lot? Interesting!

I don't recall ever hearing a luthier say that a guitar with cutaway sounds "lesser" than one without. I'm sure some of them think that way but most of the material I've read would lean the other way around.

A cutaway may remove a few cubic inches from the body but if that resulted in a "lesser" guitar we would all want to play larger guitars.

This is how I would do it as well.