rate this guitar body from 1-10.....

[TRIODEROB]

http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Medium/000008162.jpg

[XKnight]

Well, it looks nice in the pic, but without being able to see it in person or at least have multiple up close pics it's hard to rate it.

[imissmj]

Seventeen and a half

[spookybonus]

8? but yeah, hard to tell from just that pic...looks good though

[lchyi]

I would say an 8. It's only because I've seen some definite 10s lately but those seem to be one in a million slices of wood.

[MartinPiana]

Looks gorgeous if that kind of extreme quilting is your bag. Nice butterfly mirror. Personally, quilty maple just doesn't appeal to me. I like wood that looks more like wood.

[dwes]

Stunning. 10.

[Sam Evans]

What does it sound like?

[TRIODEROB]

Looks gorgeous if that kind of extreme quilting is your bag. Nice butterfly mirror. Personally, quilty maple just doesn't appeal to me. I like wood that looks more like wood.


this is not maple

it is "one in a million" mahogany

its a 10

[hucklebee]

Not my bag.... give me boring old wood.

[1959burst]

easily a 10:BEER

[Douglas Baines]

Looks pretty, but seeing as how it's an acoustic, I'd rather know how it sounds first.

[dwes]

What does it sound like?


Mahogany. It'll be easier to tell with a neck and some strings though.

But it looks great! Again, 10! Who's building it?

Check out its cousin in amp form.

Burt/Cage: BSP

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP001.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP006.jpg

[lchyi]

Wow Mahogany? I take that back, you get a 10, I love mahogany and I'm sure it's going to sound good.

Geez, I wonder who found that piece...

[Bassomatic]

It's a definite 11.

[Hacksaw]

Wow that is nice. I give it a 10. +1 for unusual

[elkym]

7 and a half.

I'm not quilt fan usually, but there are occasional exceptions... this is one.
Although I'm more into solid pieces. I prefer solid to any bookmatch.

[daddyo]

10 for shure

[go7]

Guitar and cab awesome 10+. Enjoy!

[AaeCee]

Great figure, great symmetry. 10!

[Shovelhead]

12! That's some very rare mahogany. It's beautiful.

[r9player]

10 but if it sounds like cardboard ... 1

[El Kabong]

10 for shure

Yeah, the microphones are great, but what about the guitar in question?

[LarryN]

Wow Mahogany? I take that back, you get a 10, I love mahogany and I'm sure it's going to sound good.

Geez, I wonder who found that piece...

There's some story that goes around about this giant log they found in So. America somewhere. I think Luthier's Mercantile had something to do with it or had some of the wood. A friend of mine, Arnie Green, made a Strat body from this wood that was beautiful. It's definitely 10 wood in my book.

[crosse79]

Wow.... a mahogany? IN terms of quilt - it's a 10. In terms o how I like it it's 7 - a bit too much quilt for me to digest at the back of a guitar.

[demiruyar]

gthis is not maple

it is "one in a million" mahogany

its a 10

Its not a rare stuff.Its called " Pomele Sapelle" A turkish luthier has been building guitars by only using pomele sapele on his electric guitars more than 20 years now.
www.muratsezenguitars.com (http://www.muratsezenguitars.com)

Here is my 100%100 pomele sapelle semi hollow guitar by Murat Sezen
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00823.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00828.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00829.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00826.jpg

[TRIODEROB]

g

Its not a rare stuff.Its called " Pomele Sapelle" A turkish luthier has been building guitars by only using pomele sapele on his electric guitars more than 20 years now.
www.muratsezenguitars.com (http://www.muratsezenguitars.com)

Here is my 100%100 pomele sapelle semi hollow guitar by Murat Sezen
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00823.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00828.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00829.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o11/demiruyar/DSC00826.jpg

YOU ARE WRONG
IT IS A "ONE IN A MILLION TREE"

[Shovelhead]

g

Its not a rare stuff.Its called " Pomele Sapelle" A turkish luthier has been building guitars by only using pomele sapele on his electric guitars more than 20 years now.
www.muratsezenguitars.com (http://www.muratsezenguitars.com)

Here is my 100%100 pomele sapelle semi hollow guitar by Murat Sezen


No offense, but that's not even close.

[AnthonyL]

Dana Bourgeois builds them like that as well...

Quilted Mahogany

http://www.pantheonguitars.com/images_3/5969-3473back_big.jpg

[TRIODEROB]

http://www.londonjoiners.com/rare_woods/rare_wood.jpg

[paintguy]

For Mahogany, that's awesome!!!:drool

I mean for maple it's awesome too, but really incredible for mahogany.:AOK

[Jack Briggs]

http://www.briggsguitars.com/www/images/mahogany2.jpg

[lastrat]

That wood is very rare, only one tree, 21 feet wide, ever produced that quilt.

I was lucky to get some of that wood, Jeff Elliott, as I speak, is building me one of his steel string guitars from the wood I have pictured below.

Jack Briggs has an amazing set of this wood for electric top wood.

The wood is beautiful with amazing tap tone.

[Balance]

Since the scale only goes to 10, 10.

[Long2Play]

http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Medium/000008162.jpg

That's a 10 from the R. Taylor shop. I played a R. Taylor Style One guitar from that batch of Quilted Mahogany and is was magical!!

:RoCkIn :drool

[lastrat]

The wood has the sound qualities you would expect to hear from Mahogany and then some, it is indeed a very magical wood with very seductive tone.

Looking at the growth lines in the wood and knowing the tree was over 21 feet in width, I would say that the tree had been growing for over 2,500 years, that definitely snuffs out the myth that Mahogany only grows to be a 150 or a 160 years old, that is a fallacy.

I had this wood at the 2006 NAMM show. I had sent wood prior to the show to Jeffery Elliott, Jack Briggs and Bob Burt. At NAMM Todd Taggart (Allied Lutherie) brokered some of the wood to Larry McPherson (guitars) and sold sets later in the year to Bob Taylor. Todd has also been selling acoustic sets at Allied Lutherie, which I belive there is only a few remaining sets left. Since only one tree ever produced this figure when the wood is gone it's gone.

When some guitar builders have been lucky enough to find furniture made of this wood, they have bought the furniture and re-sawed the wood or have sent it to a re-saw cutter to cut the wood into instrument sets.

Jack Briggs has some of the extremely high quality wood from this tree, which he will be using for electrics. He is the only electric builder I know of, that has a quanity of this wood to make electric's from. All the rest of the wood has been cut into acoustic sets, like what you see Bob Taylor has.

The high quality sets of the wood dwarf Brazilian Rosewood and African Blackwood in cost, it is extremely rare and definitely reflected in the price, but worth it both visually and in sound quality.

I love wood and in terms of Mahogany this wood is in a league of it's own.

lastrat--------Larry

[Jim S]

http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Medium/000008162.jpg

10

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[Nick Patterson]

http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Medium/000008162.jpg


Absolutely incredible. Easily a 10+.

[dwes]

Just snapped for this thread.

This is from said tree and my very good pal, Bob Burt. Bob's and Pete Cage's efforts yielded what may be the best three-watter on earth: The Backstage Pass. ( too bad it doesn't belong to a better player - still holding hopes for my kids... )

No handle as to not disrupt the beauty of this mahogany. The work Bob did with this board is amazing. He's my cabinet hero!

Enjoy any guitar made of this wood!!

Dave

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP2001.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP2004.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP2018.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP2011.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP2013.jpg

[lastrat]

Here are a couple of cabs (reverb unit & combo cab) that Bob had built for me in 2006.

I'm glad that I found several planks of that wood which is being used to build several high end acoustic guitars, Briggs electric guitars and some of Bob's cabs.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL94/9813198/18116401/284350971.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL94/9813198/18116401/284350973.jpg

[PinoyBoy]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d94/dwes/BSP006.jpg

Is this the Robben Ford Baker? I thought you already sold this? Darn, I wish I had the cash...

[lastrat]

Here are some photos, Jeffrey Elliott just sent, of a steel sting guitar that he is building out of "The Mahogany"

I hope you enjoy the photos.

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605495.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605488.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605478.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605501.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605484.jpg

[Jack Briggs]

Here are some photos, Jeffrey Elliott just sent, of a steel sting guitar that he is building out of "The Mahogany"

I hope you enjoy the photos.

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605495.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605488.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605478.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605501.jpg

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL446/12380640/22095577/365605484.jpg


That is going to be one incredible instrument, Larry! Having seen Jeff's work first hand and hearing the testimonials of top classical players, I know it's going to be absolutely top-notch in tone and details. His rosette treatments are very classy as well.


Cheers,

[MikeyG]

this is not maple

it is "one in a million" mahogany

its a 10

If that's mahogany, then it's a 15!

[lastrat]

Jack & Mickey G,

Thanks for the nice compliments.

Jeff is indeed a great acoustic builder.

The mahogany under French Polish should have a nice 3-D effect very much like a hologram.

[leofenderbender]

A solid TEN.

[BLUESMANVINTAGE]

thes the most amazing mohagany ive seen I think "it goes to 11!"

[lastrat]

It is amazing wood, only one tree 21 feet wide ever produced this tortoise shell quilt. Big tree with amazing figure.