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09-15-2023, 05:46 PM
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Off Market: John Walker Clark fork
John Walker Clark Fork advanced jumbo for sale.
IMG_1694821489.038520.jpg IMG_1694821571.979926.jpg From John Walker’s website: “The Clark Fork is my interpretation of “The Bone Crusher”. It is similar to the Wise River model but with a long scale length and a special hand cut inlay in both the peghead and the fingerboard.” Back/Sides: Honduran Rosewood Top: Adirondack Spruce with aging toner Zig zag backstrip Scale: 25.5 inches Neck: C shape. Nice medium C shape similar to a standard Iris neck. Nut: bone: 1-3/4 inch String spacing at bridge: 2-1/4 inch Saddle: bone, through saddle Biding: grained ivoroid 0.060 Fretboard: ebony, bound, with Orpheum #3 inlays Serial # 145 Year: 2014 OHSC – Cedar Creek case I am second owner, and I purchased it from Greg Boyd’s shop in Montana. More details below and plenty of pictures in my Google drive below. For sale @ $ OFF MARKET. If a local deal or in the southeast then I’ll cover shipping. Beyond that we can discuss. Pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...yLB1_NMb50dpzp “The Bone Crusher”, aka the 1930’s Gibson Advanced Jumbo, was originally made to compete with the competition of the 1930’s prewar Martins. Earlier in his luthier career, John was the go-to at Gibson for handcrafting the guitars that were special ordered by the best musicians who played Gibson guitars. John, along with Ren Ferguson, started the Gibson Custom Shop in the 1990’s. When I purchased this guitar, I had an hour long conversation with Greg Boyd regarding John Walker and his luthier. Greg Boyd, who personally knows John Walker, is the only dealer for his guitars. From that conversation with Greg, I learned that John Walker was specifically tasked by Gibson to resurrect the Advanced Jumbo into Gibson’s production in the 1990’s using the original models from the 1930’s design. Link to John Walkers’ website: http://johnwalkerguitars.com/JWG1/ClarkFork.html Link to Greg Boyd’s House of Fine Instruments listing: https://gregboyd.com/product/2014-jo...er-clark-fork/ Last edited by FlyboyWoody; 09-24-2023 at 04:38 PM. Reason: Off Market 
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#2
09-16-2023, 04:06 PM
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Bump to the top.
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#3
09-17-2023, 08:35 AM
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Gorgeous guitar, great price!
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#4
09-17-2023, 06:32 PM
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It is a gorgeous “looker” and sounds just as beautiful. Thank you roberts!
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#5
09-17-2023, 07:51 PM
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Man, I would have bought this in a heartbeat!! My/your timing was off by a week… (pulled the trigger on a Fairbanks). Oh well, someone’s going to be thrilled. John Walker is a tone magician and a peerless craftsman.
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#6
09-18-2023, 05:29 PM
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Tone magician describes John Walker’s luthiery skills spot on. Bummer on the timing @lagatrix but I’m sure that Fairbanks will be pretty awesome. Bump To the top.
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#7
09-24-2023, 04:39 PM
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Clark Fork is off the market now. Maybe in the future again but right now I’m gonna keep her
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