Collabo Guitar (East meets West) Take Poll!

[Guitars44me]

Oh yes! And hopefully harvested by naked virgins painted blue…

Originally Posted by j. Kinnaird

This spruce was grown in the alps just across the border from Switzerland and I’m pretty sure it was cut at night in the full of the moon during the winter solstice, so it’s good stuff.

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

Redwood...if you are going with the 12, I hope there is a cutaway planned.

Yes. I think 12 feet necks need some sort of a cutaway so that is the plan

[Joel Teel]

Originally Posted by j. Kinnaird

��. It’s just reclaimed train tunnel supports but it has been thoroughly shaken for years before it became a guitar top

I love that Train Tunnel Redwood even better ��

Originally Posted by j. Kinnaird

Yes. I think 12 feet necks need some sort of a cutaway so that is the plan

A twelve-foot neck will require a Goliath to play it ��

-joel

[theEdwinson]

I'm liking the train tunnel Redwood too. With that, we won't have to wait for the wood to dry and acclimate, because the trees were harvested 140-plus years ago. It's probably pretty close to ready to build with by now.

[cigarfan]

Having sampled a bear claw Sitka from the Kinnairds, I have to vote for that. The fat and super bright trebles are to die for.

Can't imagine how good they will be with a twelve foot neck!

[Steve Kinnaird]

Thanks all for the participation thus far. I failed to post some pics of the tops, so let me make amends. This will better inform your choices perhaps?
First up, a piece of silky white Engelmann:
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Next, some shaken-not-stirred Tunnel 14 redwood:
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Third we have some Sitka that barely survived the assault of an angry bear:
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And finally some spruce from Italy. Rumor has it that Stradivari carved his initials in this tree, but forgot where it stood and thus never had the opportunity to use it. Pity… just think how famous he could have been. But here is YOUR opportunity:
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Let us know,

Steve

[TomB'sox]

Steve, it just occurred to me, have we seen a picture of the Cocobolo being used for the back, I went back through the thread and did not see it if it were there? We should see that before picking a top I think?

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

Steve, it just occurred to me, have we seen a picture of the Cocobolo being used for the back, I went back through the thread and did not see it if it were there? We should see that before picking a top I think?

Ok, coming up…after a bit of internal decision-taking.

[colins]

Originally Posted by Guitars44me

Oh yes! And hopefully harvested by naked virgins painted blue…

On the winter solstice in Switzerland I don't think they'd need to be painted to be blue. I'm opting for the summer solstice

[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by TomB'sox

Steve, it just occurred to me, have we seen a picture of the Cocobolo being used for the back, I went back through the thread and did not see it if it were there? We should see that before picking a top I think?

Ok Tom, here is the back/side set we have chosen:

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You can see that 1) if we swing the joint line as in the pic, we still have enough material for a straight-grained presentation; 2) it is really well quartered; 3) there are some black ink lines in the set, particularly in the sides. Hope this helps visualize,

Steve

[TomB'sox]

Ok, after seeing that, I vote Tunnel 14 redwood.

[Hanter]

Tunnel 14 Redwood with this Cocobolo will make a great combination!

[j. Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by Hanter

Tunnel 14 Redwood with this Cocobolo will make a great combination!

I agree completely.
Any suggestions about the kind of cutaway?
Venetian of Florentine.

[Jamiejoon]

Venetian, I say!

[Lonzo]

Here’s a vote for a Florentine !

..matter of taste, but I prefer those.