Hey, guys, I just returned from a 9 day historic tour of Virginia and it was great. What a beautiful state!
AND
I met and visited (and shopped) with our own Steve Roberson of Colonial Tonewoods!! All the wood I've used has come from Steve or BobC (Zoot Capitol of the North). Both gentlemen are as fine as any men I know. It was a tremendous pleasure meeting Steve and he showed me tons of wood. Steve has a great shop and a wonderfully large, climate controlled room for storing the treasure. It was a great experience for me to buy wood that I could touch, although I've never been disappointed with anything that Steve or Bob picked out for me. Steve just kept putting stacks of sets on the table and said pick out what you want. What fun!
Here are a couple of shots of Steve trying to add as fast as I could select things.
I got mostly tops: Three more of the master grade bear claw sitka and one red spruce. Wow, they are so fine.
I also got an orphaned Koa back to use as a top on an all koa OM.
And, I got a fantastic set of Australian blackwood b/s.
Some kerfing and a couple of macassar bridge blanks, and Steve threw in some adi bracing for the top. Also got half a dozen head blocks and tail blocks.
I know many of you deal with Steve, too, but to those that haven't yet, let me tell you that he has fabulous wood and is one class act, as all the sponsors I've dealt with are.
Thanks, Steve, for a nice experience. It was a real pleasure!
Ron
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