[RP]

New Guitar Order Day. I had toyed with the idea of ordering an Emerald and then picking it up at the factory during an Acoustic Guitar Magazine trip for my 70th birthday in May. For varied reasons, I decided not to go, but still clung to the idea of ordering a somewhat special Emerald for the occasion of being seven decades young. I didn't go hog wild with my order but specified the following:

X30 body
Black Limba top shown below
Black body
Black GOTOH 510 tuners
No electronics
All the rest pretty standard stuff

I've included shots of the actual top and what finished Black Limba looks like. Ray(sachs) had mentioned that Emerald's darker tops don't show up so well under normal light so I opted for Black Limba which appears a bit lighter. And now the wait begins...