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John has had the completed Monarch for a few weeks now. He just happened to complete it coincident with the start of our summer vacation in Rhode Island. The conditions there by the ocean can be absolutely brutal on an instrument (temperature & humidity), so I told him to hang on to it until I return in late September. John told me that he lent the guitar to his friend/recording engineer/guitarist Luis Diaz to record a demo for his website. He thought he might have a video of Luis playing the guitar on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I will share it here when I get it...
Super cool! Looking forward to that.
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John has had the completed Monarch for a few weeks now. He just happened to complete it coincident with the start of our summer vacation in Rhode Island. The conditions there by the ocean can be absolutely brutal on an instrument (temperature & humidity), so I told him to hang on to it until I return in late September. John told me that he lent the guitar to his friend/recording engineer/guitarist Luis Diaz to record a demo for his website. He thought he might have a video of Luis playing the guitar on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I will share it here when I get it...
I am really looking forward to this! Thank you for the promise to share some beauty with a world that really needs some beauty.
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Fantastic looking instrument, Bob. We knew this, but you have impeccable taste.

I grew up fishing and swimming in Weekapaug, Misquamicut, Shelter Harbor, Napatree...Any of those ring a bell?

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Fantastic looking instrument, Bob. We knew this, but you have impeccable taste.

I grew up fishing and swimming in Weekapaug, Misquamicut, Shelter Harbor, Napatree...Any of those ring a bell?

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All of them actually.... We’re on the Point Judith Pond near East Matunick.
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All of them actually.... We’re on the Point Judith Pond near East Matunick.
Aaahhh...what a lovely place to be this time of year. So perfect. I hope you have a little boat, or a dock to swim from. Lovely. Enjoy. I assume you will have one mahogany guitar with you.

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Actually a carbon fiber guitar lives here....



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I'm not an archtop guy myself, but if I were, this is the guitar I'd like to see in my studio each morning...
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Wow! Along with being a guitarist, you are also clearly a talented photographer!
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I'm not an archtop guy myself, but if I were, this is the guitar I'd like to see in my studio each morning...
Thanks Jim...
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Wow! Along with being a guitarist, you are also clearly a talented photographer!
If you take enough, you’re bound to get a few good ones...
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That is a beautiful guitar congratulations, your taste is impeccable. Does the luthier have a specific name for this burst colour ?
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That is a beautiful guitar congratulations, your taste is impeccable. Does the luthier have a specific name for this burst colour ?
John does not have a name for this particular sunburst. It was custom for this guitar and I don't believe that he has done one quite like this before. I don't believe any of the photos accurately represent the true color. John has told me this. I will take some photos outside when I get the guitar next month to see if I can represent it better.
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The Fedex man delivered a guitar early this morning and it is BEAUTIFUL and plays like a DREAM. I have not had a chance to do much more than to take a few shots for insurance, tune it up to pitch and play one tune before having to go to work today.

Builder: John Buscarino
Model: Monarch
Size: 16” Lower Bout with Tapered Rims 2.75” to 3.5”
Scale Length: 25.0”
Nut Width: 1.75”
String Spacing: 2.31”
Top Wood: Carpathian Spruce
Back & Sides: Fiddleback Austrian Sycamore Maple
Neck: 3-Piece Figured Sugar Maple
Fretboard, Pickguard, Bridge & Tailpiece: Gaboon Ebony
Headstock Veneers: Macassar Ebony & Burled Walnut
Binding: Birdseye Sugar Maple
Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Pickup: Custom Buscarino KA Low-Wind Humbucker
Controls: Hidden Pickguard Mounted Volume & Tone
Frets: Jescar EVO .047” x .095”
Tuners: 21:1 Gotoh 510 with Ebony Buttons
Weight: 5.76 lb.



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Beautiful & classy !
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That’s a masterpiece! I love it.
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