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Originally Posted by doodahdoug
So, elegant looking, beautiful work Mark.
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Thanks doodahdoug!
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Originally Posted by ryanwood22
This is an extraordinary guitar. The woods used are truly special - both in terms of the final look you have managed to achieve but also in their scarcity. There can’t be many sets of “The Tree” that are this fine still out there..?
Do you find that you work differently when using, for example, a piece of “The Tree”, rather than a less spectacular piece of wood? Are these builds slower because you are taking more care over the wood or do they progress like a build with more ordinary looking wood.
Keep it up! Breathtaking stuff.
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Those are some good questions ryanwood22. Good quality Tree sets are still out there but the price is climbing.
I had to think about how to answer whether I work differently on Tree wood guitars. I certainly sweat bending those expensive sides more than usual.
When I get an order for a Tree guitar the client usually has something very special in mind. I also know that a Tree build gets a lot more attention here on AGF. So I go into it knowing the stakes may be higher than on other builds. I don't think that I spend a lot more time on the build because it is a Tree however. I put all of myself into all of my builds and well, that's all there is!
It is a challenge to find a good overall visual balance when the figure of the wood is spectacular to begin with. I don't want to try to distract from that look so I want to work in something that compliments all that figure and has a cohesive overall look.
Looking back the Tree builds are pretty representative of my work in the years I made those instruments. I did separate build threads for each so I'll attach links to those threads.
2013 I made my first, a Greta GA with a Western Red Cedar top.
https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=319814
2014 It was a Penelope 000 with a sunburst alpine Italian Spruce top
https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=334296
2016 Was my "Magpie" Penelope nylon cross-over with a Swiss alpine Spruce Moon top
https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=399124
This Great GA is my forth and on August 1st I have a scheduled start on my fifth Tree which will be my first Josie small jumbo in the this wood:
I have been very happy with the tone and response I've gotten from these Tree builds so as expensive as the wood is, it's not all just for show!
Mark