NGD: Michaud Made OM-R Moon/BRW

[rogthefrog]

Duuuuuuuuude.

[cigarfan]

Exquisite! Congrats on your new Michaud Made. And nice work on the clip even with a bum finger.

[Marcus Wong]

Originally Posted by Hasbro

What a gorgeous black scratch guard

I love it too! It's actually not a scratch guard, but rather a scratch plate for me to run my nails through to make a scratchy sound as part of a percussive element

Originally Posted by JonHBone

Wow that's a unique guitar. Congrats!

Thanks Jon! The design was entirely dreamt up by the luthier, including the headstock

Originally Posted by Larry Pattis

I approve of this messa...err, this guitar...!

[emoji41]

Haha! Thanks Larry. Hope you've been doing well!

Originally Posted by TBman

Marcus, I was checking out your Youtube videos. Great stuff.

Thanks Barry! Appreciate the kind words

[Marcus Wong]

Originally Posted by rogthefrog

Duuuuuuuuude.

You know it! Would love for you to give it a whirl haha

Originally Posted by cigarfan

Exquisite! Congrats on your new Michaud Made. And nice work on the clip even with a bum finger.

Thanks Dennis! I actually recorded that a little while before the accident happened hahah can't really play now

[OM-42]

Congratulations Marcus!

The OM-R and your playing are a match made in heaven! You're both amazing.

I'm sure you'll both bring out the best in each other.

Now get health so you can post a video manual of all the gizmos you have on that headstock! ;-)

BK

[Howard F.]

Congratulation Marcus! Joel is such a talent. One of those days we should sit together and have some fun!

[Marcus Wong]

Originally Posted by OM-42

Congratulations Marcus!

The OM-R and your playing are a match made in heaven! You're both amazing.

I'm sure you'll both bring out the best in each other.

Now get health so you can post a video manual of all the gizmos you have on that headstock! ;-)

BK

Hahah thanks BK! I might just do that since I don't think there is another headstock out there like this

Originally Posted by Howard F.

Congratulation Marcus! Joel is such a talent. One of those days we should sit together and have some fun!

Thanks Howard! It'll be my turn to congratulate you soon and that will be a really fun day haha

[westman]

interesting guitar - is it a custom build ?

[dantin]

I love it too! It's actually not a scratch guard, but rather a scratch plate for me to run my nails through to make a scratchy sound as part of a percussive element

The scratch plate is so well integrated with the rosette and the whole design aesthetic. Best interpretation of that feature that I have seen that does not look like an add on. Looking forward to your demos.

[Marcus Wong]

Originally Posted by westman

interesting guitar - is it a custom build ?

Yup, very much so!

Originally Posted by dantin

The scratch plate is so well integrated with the rosette and the whole design aesthetic. Best interpretation of that feature that I have seen that does not look like an add on. Looking forward to your demos.

I agree. Credit all goes to Joel for coming up with that design

[jseth]

A lovely work of art! If it sounds ANYTHING like it looks... it must be amazing!

Hope you can fully enjoy it very soon!

[IBKuz]

Marcus,

What's up with you and Joel, are we going to need to get you two a chaperone next time you get together? I mean like, you meet him for the first time and you get injured. What if it had been the other way around, who would have finished my guitar ... lol

All kidding aside, what a beautiful instrument, visually, technically, and sonically. Having followed your posts on the AGF in general, it is pretty clear how much you enjoy playing your guitars. It's nice that you now have an another instrument to match your obvious talent and I look forward to seeing how this expands your musical interests. I also will be waiting with anticipation of your next build, since the last two have been stellar

[Marcus Wong]

Originally Posted by jseth

A lovely work of art! If it sounds ANYTHING like it looks... it must be amazing!

Hope you can fully enjoy it very soon!

Thank you John! From what little playing I can do with my injured hand, it sounds absolutely amazing; I'm really loving it

Originally Posted by IBKuz

Marcus,

What's up with you and Joel, are we going to need to get you two a chaperone next time you get together? I mean like, you meet him for the first time and you get injured. What if it had been the other way around, who would have finished my guitar ... lol

All kidding aside, what a beautiful instrument, visually, technically, and sonically. Having followed your posts on the AGF in general, it is pretty clear how much you enjoy playing your guitars. It's nice that you now have an another instrument to match your obvious talent and I look forward to seeing how this expands your musical interests. I also will be waiting with anticipation of your next build, since the last two have been stellar

Haha! Thanks Ian. You will be receiving a beautiful instrument from Joel too soon enough I am quite excited to see where the extended bass and banjo tuners take my arrangements and compositions. And rest assured, this will NOT be my last Michaud

[Marcus Wong]

Here are some photos of my meet up with Joel the day I received my guitar. Joel's a lot of fun (evidently) and I'm actually currently on the way up to Calgary to see the man again (and maybe raid his wood stash for my next build)









And here's a photo of us so you know that we are normal people too:

[MHC]

Are you kidding me!?

That's got to be one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen in my life.
The backstrip alone took my breath away.

How on earth do you manage to play the thing? I'd just look at it all day long with a stupid grin on my face.

Congratulations - and tell Michaud he's a freakin' artist!