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Coming out of the Spray Booth
Will Kahn who has taken the reigns of client relations now that Carolyn Sills has moved on to her career in music was kind enough to send me a few photos of my FS coming out of the spray booth. Now that a “buttered toast” sunburst has been applied to the Bachmann Italian Spruce top, the Paua Abalone purfling and rosette are beginning to visually “pop”.
The flamed figure of the Claro Walnut back and sides can also now be seen a bit more clearly as can the contrasting African Blackwood binding with Maple purflings. Still about 3-weeks out from shipping to my dealer.
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Oh, my. Glorious.
Thank you for sharing the photos with us.
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That’s one of the prettiest sets of walnut I’ve ever seen. Dave
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So very pretty. Worth the wait, I’m sure!
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Nice! It's excitement time!
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My pleasure JT1...
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Thanks Steve... Dennis, yeah it is always exciting to see what you visualized at the beginning of a commission become an actual instrument.
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Ahhhhh, that is just so lovely. 10 out of 10. Bob, you have impeccable taste, and the good people at SCGC are doing a beautiful job.
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Master Grade...!!!
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These folks are just SO good at what they do. Wonderful guitar.
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I do appreciate your sentiments…. “Master Grade” is actually a term that always makes me chuckle a bit. Terms like “Master Grade” or “AAAAA” make me chuckle. These marketing aesthetic designations are so overused (particularly to a AA/AAA guy). They are doing a great job…
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Beautiful! I'm a big fan of claro walnut and, like you say, the ABW binding really works with it. This will be a great guitar!
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Goodonya…
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Totally Gorgeous with a capital “G”
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An update…My FS has been shipped from SCGC last week to my dealer (Eddie’s Guitars). They were kind enough to forward me a few photos of the guitar today. Since we are currently staying at our summer beach cottage (a place where guitars go to die due to high humidity), I wont take possession of it until late August when we return home. My dealer Mathew Chulka has been known to audition guitars in their shop and make a video or two. If he does, I will share it here.
It is a large, but narrow waisted guitar (15-7/8” @ the lower bout & 4-3/8” deep at the end block) with 25-3/8” scale length, 1-3/4” nut width and 2-5/16” string spacing. The Bachmann Italian Spruce top is finished with Santa Cruz’s nitro “buttered toast” sunburst with a Paua Abalone top purflings and rosette. Some of the fiddleback figure can be seen in the Claro Walnut framed in African Blackwood bindings with Maple purflings. The Gaboon Ebony fretboard is clean with EVO 43080 fret wire other than a single MOP art deco inlay at the 12th fret. The purples, blues & greens of Paua Abalone shell used in the rosette and purflings contrast against the “buttered toast” top. A simple Gaboon Ebony peghead veneer framed with a Maple purfling & African Blackwood binding. The Gotoh 510 tuners have custom Macassar Ebony buttons made by Bill Wise. The rear shop shows the beautiful piece of Honduran Mahogany the used to make neck. The figure in the Claro Walnut extends to the rims as well.
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That is drop-dead gorgeous, Bob!
Looking forward to Mathew's video and your review once you have it in hand in late August! Congrats on another winner!
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