Ryosuke Kobayashi RS "THE GRANADILLO"

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by Halcyon/Tinker

Beauty! Don't believe I've ever seen flamed grenadillo before...

Thank you very much.
I got lucky. This one is Yucatan one I think.
Once I found a board in a local wood supplier in Japan, I come up with the idea (to focus on this wood).

Originally Posted by IBKuz

The Lutz top is really nice, the streaking is pronounced but subtle and even. The medullary rays are very strong and they blend well across the centre seam. A very beautiful top.

I also like the sap wood that is showing. The strip on the neck blends very well with the others on the sides, back, and bridge. Even the colour of the neck matches very well with the sap wood. In particular, the blend at the headplate and fretboard is well thought out with the matching headplates front and back a nice added touch. Your sense of balance/symmetry is very appealing for me on this build.

You also use a raised fretboard fairly often from what I can see on your website, is this a favourite way that you like to build, or are these customer requests?

Thank you so much for all your kind words.
About raised fretboard on my guitars:
Some are customer requests, some are shop requests, some are my own decision. The reason why I like raised fretboard is that the weakest part fretboard(or neck) can have way more mahogany meat. I mean around the neck joint. I can do very severe settings all the way through the fretboard.
1.compound radius
2.arching a fingerboard after gluing the neck onto a body
3.raised fretboard
These three things above make it possible.

I'm not sure I'm using correct English... haha.
I hope you understand what I mean.

Anyways thank you very much again for enjoying and commenting this thread!
Ryo

Originally Posted by Bill Kraus

Nice granadillo.

Thank you Bill san!

Originally Posted by LouieAtienza

Absolutely beautiful! The double purfling detail on the sides really sets this apart in it's elegance...

Thank you very much Louie san!
I quite like the purflings also
Ryo

Originally Posted by Stevied63

Very beautiful instrument! Well done!

Thank you very much Steve san!

[Ryo Kobayashi]

Originally Posted by Deft Tungsman

WOW !! What a marvel !! Congratulations, sir !!

Thank you very much!
I like this guitar a lot. Both of how it looks and sounds.

Originally Posted by jessupe

Spectacular wood, never seen flamed Grendillio. Nice built in tornavoz

Thank you very much!
This is my second flamed Granadillo guitar and this wood not only looks good but sounds fantastic.
What does "tornavoz" mean? The sound hole of this guitar doesn't have a tornavoz.

Originally Posted by gitarro

As usual kobayashi guitars are real lookers!

Thank you so much!
I hope you try my guitars one day!

Originally Posted by Knives&Guitars

Absolutely stunning! Will you be able to provide a sound clip from this guitar? What do you believe are the sound characteristics of this wood?

Thank you very much!
Yes, I will.
A guitar shop which is one of my dealers is making a quick demo video.
I love Granadillo a lot. For me, tonal quality is as good as Brazilian rosewood as long as I make the top and the back properly. This particular set has rare figured but I use plain Granadillo as well.
An expression of the sound is just an expression. I'll post a demo video.

Originally Posted by mikealpine

That is an interesting (in a very good way) aesthetic design, love how the coloring works throughout the guitar. I also admire how you are humble in the midst of your obvious talent. This is a stunning guitar. If you have an opportunity to post some sound samples, that would be fantastic. Thank you for documenting this build.

Thank you very much!
I'll post a sound demo video.
Thank you for your saying thank you, sir.
Ryo

[Ryo Kobayashi]

I don't know why but the pictures I posted are somehow gone...

Here are the finished guitar pictures.
































Thank you very much for viewing!

[AcousticDreams]

The Beauty of this guitar is beyond any written words. I adore the two tone on the body...but adding that same two tone to the fretboard was nothing less than genius.

Please, please, please....sound clips!

[cigarfan]

Beautiful Ryosuke!! An amazing piece.

[RGPGuitars]

Another stunning guitar Ryo san. Wood selection and use is amazing. I agree with all the comments . The purfling on the sides is a beautiful touch. Never would have thought of that. Subtle and beautiful. Russ