Bearclaw/Ziricote OM

[anton]

Beautiful, love that set of woods. Best of luck at the festival.



Anton

[John Osthoff]

Thanks again guys,

Here is an pix of the back from a couple of weeks ago. Sorry about the glare



By the way, the neck is not as "orange" as that anymore. There were a couple things that I didn't like about the "feel" of the neck, so I took it off and reworked the neck a little. It was ok before, but now it is just right. It was also a good reason to take a little of the orange out of the color of the neck (which was also OK) but I like it better now. It was a pain to do all that work, but I rather have it right. I guess I will try to set up the lights tomorrow and take a better shot of the back (and the "new" neck.)

[Kansaskid]

Man John the ziricote you've been posting lately is stunning...probably my favorite tone wood visually.

[Coke_zero]

Now, give it to me...

Beautiful guitar. Enough said.

[Simon Fay]

Wow... I think that is the tightest spider-webbing I have ever seen. Truly, a mastergrade set you have there!!!

[Alan Porton]

Beautiful work, as always John.......

[Taylorplayer]

That is a truly beautiful looking instrument... Just stunning. Thanks for sharing those pictures with us.

best'
Taylorplayer

[John Osthoff]

Originally Posted by min7b5

Beautiful John
I don't know if you want to open this can of worms, but I’m curious what your thoughts are on bearclaw Sitka. Lately I’ve been thinking about how every bearclaw guitar I’ve played I’ve loved. I understand it can be stiffer, so I’m guessing you can get it thinner? I really like the way it looks too.

Thanks,

Umm, Bearclaw can be stiffer (and usually denser) than a straight-grained piece, but that is not the only attribute we look for. Also just because it is stiffer, does not mean I will automatically thin the top down more (I might) but it depend on what we are trying to achieve. There seems to be a quick response to bearclaw (in general) and it does tend to have ample headroom. Some people don't like the look of bearclaw, but I think it is cool. Overall, I like bearclaw quite a bit. (I will be building a guitar with a bearclaw top for the sonic sitka project, put that will be a story for another thread.)

I also had chance to take a couple more shots of the guitar today, so here is another look at the back.



And a look at the back of the headstock, (the neck has a satin finish)

[Kevin A]

beautiful Geetar, John!

Have a great time at the show!

[Sage97]

Originally Posted by Simon Fay

That headstock looks fantastic -- very beautiful guitar!!!

Awesome guitar but that headstock does look very special, not to mention the backstrap and that ziricote!