Kostal Modified Dreadnought MadRose/German Spruce

[Michael Watts]

Well,

this stunning guitar arrived at TNAG HQ in London and sold a couple of hours later...







Thankfully its new owner allowed me half an hour's grace to shoot a clip for our YouTube channel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krwjbfWrH54

[Markart]

Wow.... Beautiful playing on what looks and sounds like a stellar instrument.

[justonwo]

Sweet looking Kostal! Nice to see some other tonewoods for variety's sake anyway.

Michael, any comments on how the madrose compares to Brazilian?

[Fngrstyl]

Oh how I want!

[ColbyLH]

Wow.....Sounds Fantastic.....Clearly, Michael loves the guitar from the expression on his face. :-) It doesn't seem to matter what the tonewood is; Jason clearly knows how to make 'em sing!

[mcozma]

Exquisite guitar!
And the one that is NOT for sale, too

[CoolerKing]

No surprise it sold quickly. Time to order another!

[steveh]

Almost sounds as good as mine: I think the difference is the player!

Cheers,
Steve

[UKPhil]

Originally Posted by steveh

Almost sounds as good as mine: I think the difference is the player!

Cheers,
Steve

I like your style Steve - and I agree

[Michael Watts]

Originally Posted by Markart

Wow.... Beautiful playing on what looks and sounds like a stellar instrument.

Thanks! It is an exceptional instrument and I'm glad it's going to a good home.

Originally Posted by justonwo

Sweet looking Kostal! Nice to see some other tonewoods for variety's sake anyway.

Michael, any comments on how the madrose compares to Brazilian?

Well, the MadRose in this case was never supposed to be a Braz substitute... Basically this guitar was ordered on the basis of the first instrument that Jason built upon leaving Ervin Somogyi's workshop, it was a beast! Acoustic magazine UK thought so too! You can read the review here



This is an awesome guitar and is now in the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix Az. I had it on loan while I was waiting for my guitar to be completed



and used it in concert several times, you can see it here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkYF6vWkZek

Originally Posted by Fngrstyl

Oh how I want!

Quite understandable!

[Michael Watts]

Originally Posted by BellaD4

Wow.....Sounds Fantastic.....Clearly, Michael loves the guitar from the expression on his face. :-) It doesn't seem to matter what the tonewood is; Jason clearly knows how to make 'em sing!

Yes indeed! Very true re Jason and tonewoods!

Originally Posted by mcozma

Exquisite guitar!
And the one that is NOT for sale, too

Yep... that's not going a n y w h e r e...

Originally Posted by matthewpartrick

No surprise it sold quickly. Time to order another!

Already speccing it out! an OM this time

Originally Posted by steveh

Almost sounds as good as mine: I think the difference is the player!

Cheers,
Steve

Doubtlessly!

Originally Posted by UKPhil

I like your style Steve - and I agree

[ericcsong]

thanks for the pictures and video Michael! Sounds great and beautiful playing as always!

[jdelin86]

Was this a custom order for a particular client or one you got in knowing that it'd sell like hot-cakes?

I feel gutted I missed it!

[Michael Watts]

Originally Posted by jdelin86

Was this a custom order for a particular client or one you got in knowing that it'd sell like hot-cakes?

I feel gutted I missed it!

This was a stock guitar and I was hoping to have it long enough to show quite a few people...

Nevermind!

[Luca Canteri]

Very nice guitar Michael and glad it has been sold so fast.