Not many of you will remember this fine fellow. He stopped by today after a run halfway across the state on business. I don't remember who invited him to the party at Ron Wisdom's in Beebe, Arkansas, but he managed to get a foot in the door.
We had a great time this afternoon looking over his Grand Auditorium Indian Rosewood and Bearclaw Sitka, #8 for him. Oh, yeah, this is Joe McKay of Little Rock. www.mckayguitars.com
Joe sent this one out for Addam Stark to do his magic with Nitro. Yep, flawless. The finish really helped make Joe's work stand up and talk to you. The Cocobolo bridge was hand made, and it had natural bone accouterments. The fretboard and overlay, yes, coco too.
Now for the pics:
Joe and I found him a nice set of bubinga for a backset he had, then ran them through the General to about .090. Kind of funny seeing a lawyer in a dusty shop dressed for the office wearing his dustmask and catching bubinga off the sander...... We had a real nice time.
The guitar is a gift to one of his student/friends who is graduating from high school I think Joe said. Wow, no one ever gave me a present like that when I was a kid. Joe, you rule dude. Nice Guitar, and you sounded good playing it. Thanks for coming by, Bruce
