Smoky Mountain Red Spruce, from Maggie Valley, North Carolina. Harvested by the Hampton brothers, who work closely with John Arnold. This top is from the same tree as my Brondel.
Finally a prelim headplate shot in which we'll try to carry the spiderweb through the fingerboard.
Being a hog guitar and being Burton, he wants to shoot for just over three pounds. I don't know how feasible this is, primarily because this Tree set was about the most dense mahogany I've ever had my hands on. After that tactile experience, I felt I could understand why people who have made or played with this wood before seem to think it sounds different from other hog guitars they've played.
Me? I'm just mesmerized by the tortoiseshell figuring because it looks like a big juicy vein just waiting for me to put an IV in it
