Sylvan very nice as usual. I Love that rosette
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| Author: | Sylvan [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:52 am ] |
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See the photos and description of a very fancy guitar I just finished. See the latest entry at Wellsguitars.com. (I cannot seem to get the web addressed posted properly-can anyone fix it and e-mail me with the procedure although I have done it before without problems!) CLICK HERE |
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| Author: | Shane Neifer [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:57 am ] |
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Sylvan, just tried the link with no success! I wanna look too!! Shane |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:57 am ] |
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Sylvan very nice as usual. I Love that rosette
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| Author: | csullivan [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:04 am ] |
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That's one beautiful guitar, and it sounds like you had very specific design criteria going into the build. Was this for a client, or did you build it on spec? On your web site you say the wood was mentioned in an article in Fine Woodworking back in 1985. How was it mentioned and what's been happening with the wood since then? How did you come by it? Did you resaw it? (Sorry for all the questions.) I'm certain it sounds just as beautiful as it looks. Craig |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:16 am ] |
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Here is a link to the page Sylvan Colin will like it, cuz it's 'hogany. PS I like it cuz Sylvanmadeit! Great guitar, how's it sound?
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| Author: | Bobc [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:19 am ] |
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Sylvan very beautiful work as usual. That is a very striking guitar. Gorgeous set of mahogany. |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:21 am ] |
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Wow, quilted mahog is awesome lookin', beautiful FB and rosette, great guitar Sylvan!
Serge |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:38 am ] |
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OK, if anyone has got the sister set to that I want it! Sylvan that is one gorgeous piece of wood and your extreme artistry has indeed done it a justice which few could match. Please, please tell me it sounds like a dog, or my jealousy will be complete. Trouble is you know that it is going to sound great. Colin |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:27 am ] |
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That wood has to be from "The Tree" I love the quilted sapele that we have been buying and stashing away, but this mahogany is really something spectacular. Nice work Sylvan. (BTW, I added a link to your original post). |
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| Author: | Dave Anderson [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:07 am ] |
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Yep, Just awesome as usual for Sylvan the Great !! Beautiful work,I like everything about it! Its got to be one of the best guitars ever posted here. 
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:21 am ] |
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Sylvan, for an "over the top" guitar, it doesn't look over the top. Very tastefully done, and everything works together beautifully. Congratulations, Steve |
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| Author: | Dave-SKG [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:55 am ] |
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Beautiful Sylvan! |
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| Author: | Sylvan [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:27 am ] |
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I no longer have the article but what it said was that the tree was felled in the 60"s but fell into a ravine and could not be recovered with the equipment they had with them. Twenty years later a crew salvages the log. It is my understanding that the log yielded about seven boards 2 1/2-3" thick and 20ft+ long. In the early nineties I taught a friend to build guitars and he had one of the original boards. My deal with him was I would teach him to make guitars and he would let me resaw a portion of the board into acoustic sets and whatever we yielded I kept half and he kept half. Unfortunately, I only have two sets left! So, answering your question I resawed it in 1994. Craig, I think I answered all your questions! Brock is right, this is the wood from "The Tree" and thanks, Brock for the link (I still do not know why I could not accomplish it). The guitar is quite a cannon and sounds very much like a small body, large soundhole guitar would except it sounds like mahogany - which I have always thought was the best sounding tonewood - just not pretty, until now! |
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| Author: | burbank [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:00 am ] |
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Jeez, Sylvan, that's one drop-dead gorgeous guitar!! |
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:09 am ] |
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Sylvan Very nice! I really like the binding that is the same color as the body separated by purfling. Very elegant and understated. Also the other appointmenst are just great. Again, very nice, very tasty John |
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| Author: | John Elshaw [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:09 am ] |
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Wow, awesome guitar Sylvan! That looks like the complete package...all that and a bag of chips! John |
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| Author: | BlueSpirit [ Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:42 pm ] |
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Sylvan, That is outstanding work. Beautiful guitar! |
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