I just thought I would post a few pics of guitars # 16 and #17.  The first one is an Adi and Indian Rosewood dread with curly maple bindings.  It's a special one because the maple came out of a tree on my land that a storm blew down a couple of years ago, and is my first wood bound guitar.

Here is a closeup of the tail wedge:

Here is the other one, a Bazilian and Adi:

The back:

an end view...say, does that grain on the left side look like a gorilla's face?? I just noticed that!

or maybe a neanderthal???  Anyway, one more pic:

Thanks for looking, and now that I just noticed, I'm going to go set the date on my camera.

Nice...the BRW certainly is nice. Nice grain but I don't know about that gorilla!? You

Joe

Hmm.....I've misplaced my edit button...BUT that just let's me increase my post count...right?

Actually I'm afraid I *DO* see that gorilla now...but its generally a bad idea to ask people in here what they see in the grain...it a fast down hill ride!

Joe

[QUOTE=WaddyT]Yes, let us know!  We love to hear the reactions of the people who get the guitars, or at least I do... [/QUOTE]

Yeah, me too Waddy.  I'm thinking about driving the maple one to Montgomery, Alabama, about a 5 hour ride for me, just so I can hand it to the new owner.  He is excited about it, and to me, a big part of this is being able to hand them the guitar in person and see their reaction when they open the case, look at it, then sit down and play it.

Beautiful guitars!

The EIR with the maple bindings really catch my eye. I know it means a lot to you because of the wood coming from your property. I have done something similar before and it really makes me proud to know where the wood came from.

EXCELLENT job!!

Bob, it's a dye, applied to the wood prior to finishing.  I use the stewmac vintage amber and mix it with a dark brown dye by febing, in alcohol and apply with a jamb gun until I get the right color.  I can't remember off the top of my head the ratio, but I have just experimented with the colors to get the tone I like.  It's something like 20 drops of vintage amber to 150 pipette drops of febing in 5 oz alcohol, sprayed until you like the color.  then I seal coat, then spray the lacquer. 

Both guitars also have a Tor-Tis pickguard.

Hey guys,

We just got done with a little jam session here at the house!  The proud owner just took possesion of his BRW guitar, and he was overjoyed with it!  He played both of the above guitars for comparison.  The BRW has a killer bass, but he also said it was VERY even, with great midrange, projection and trebles.  The bass sounded like it was gonna blow out the windows, he said!.  He would stop playing it, and it would just keep ringing.  The Indian rosewood has a little less of a bass than the BRW, and a more mellow tone, a sweet sounding guitar too.  He sat his new guitar down on the couch, pointed at it and said "Now THAT's a BLUEGRASS guitar!"  He played for about 2 hours, even could hear it good next to a banjo!!  Anyhow, just thought some of you would like to know how it went.

Brad