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Originally Posted by Wade Hampton
Correct. It was Stan Jay at Mandolin Brothers who first began to heavily promote bearclaw figure in spruce tops as being desirable. Prior to that, which fits in the timeline Charles mentioned, for the most part bearclaw was looked at as a disfigurement, when it was even thought about at all.
Personally, I've never cared for the look of bearclaw, much less consider it to be "beautiful." To me it looks like stretch marks:
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Bearclaw
On a human being, stretch marks are a mark of character and personal history. But I'm not that eager to have any on my guitar tops...
Other folks like bearclaw figure just fine, and some are even willing to pay extra money to get it. I think that's great - more power to them. I'm just not among their number.
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I agree. Just not my cup of tea.
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