Soloway in Guitar Magazines...

[Schroeder]

Hey Jim!
I know you had a feature/review in Guitar Player (huge congrats by the way!) but I was in an airport a couple weeks ago and saw another little blurb in another Guitar Magazine. Do you know which it was? It had a small pic of a Swan toward the back that just listed features, price, etc.
Jason

 

[Dan Desy]

I think that's Jim's ad campaign. He's had that in Guitar Player for a few months now, in the back.

 

[Schroeder]

It was bugging me last night so I picked up a few magazines at the grocery store and it was this month's Guitar Player as a Featured Product. It was a different Swan than the review. It was a beautiful wide flame Bubinga(?) top. Very nice.

 

[Dan Desy]

Did someone say Bubinga?

 

[Shadscbr]

I think it was quilted mahogany.....whatever it was, it was cool to see it in a mag

Shad

 

[Shadscbr]

Originally posted by Dan Desy
Did someone say Bubinga?

someone certainly did
mmmmmmmm, bubinga

 

[Jim Soloway]

You're all right. It's a rotation of a quilted mahogany (CliffC's), a flamed bubinga (GregC's), and a Bolivian Rosewood (Ernie Jackson's). I ran six ads in all, so they should each appear twice. And the top on Greg's was from the same piece of wood as Shad's. Other than the extra string on Sad's, they look almost identical.

 

[Schroeder]

Jim,
Is that flamed Bubinga you used for the pickup rings? I dig the way the flame is chevroned on the pickup rings too! Very nice guitar.

 

[Jim Soloway]

Originally posted by Schroeder
Jim,
Is that flamed Bubinga you used for the pickup rings? I dig the way the flame is chevroned on the pickup rings too! Very nice guitar.

Yes, those are from the same piece of wood. I've also got several bloodwood rings that I'm planning to use on the next batch of bubinga bodies.