An "Ancient Dragon DT"

This guitar went to a client in Hawaii last week.  

Here is my mini review of the new double Cedartop guitar:

The guitar is a cannon...a beast to play! The basses are crisp and trebles are strong... a well balanced guitar ready to play a concerto.  The sound is assertive and will only get stronger as time goes on.  This is a real concert guitar better than the double spruce top that you made for me. Though the Sprucetop has increased in volume and character, it would be interesting to play both guitars side by side.

Tim

Below is a video Mike Dezavelle made before shipping her out.  Mike uses the Abel Calavero technique choosing not to use a thumb nail. 

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Ancient Dragon

This guitar is for Larry McDonald.  It features a top made from a cedar tree that was 500 years old that fell naturally. I call guitars made from this wood "Ancient Dragons".  The back and sides are 50 year old Indian rosewood.  And the rosette is styled after Torres. All French polished. 

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My international Model

With the recent ban on shipping rosewood internationally, Ive decide to use Zirocote as the wood of choice for my international model guitars, as well as my national.  In fact, Zirocote is the closest in tonal qualities to Brazilian rosewood that I've come across, and is at the top of my list as far as tone woods for the back and sides. Strikingly beautiful, with a rich chocolate brown color, and spiderweb Brazilian-esq grain. 

Zirocote is not a rosewood species, and there is no rosewood on these guitars making it care free for international shipping.  The Torres Greek-key inlay is optional. 

This guitar is not for sale.

 

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The Guitars of Michael Thames

Matt Palmer performs "Neil Gow's lament for his second wife" and "Julia Florida" by Barrios, on a Michael Thames Torres La Leona copy guitar.  

New Spruce and E. Indian guitar Available June 24th 2016

I received some very special rosewood sets from Rahoul Waghmare from India. The wood was sitting around my shop talking to me, asking me to make them into a guitar or two..... so I did. This guitar has a 30 year old Engelmann spruce top full of striking medullary across the entire top. Select Indian rosewood, and entirely French polished. With Gotoh premium tuners. 

Extremely nice crystal poppy trebles, and dark rich basses. Volume is never an issue with my guitars so I won't comment on that.... ha!  Very special guitar. I made a sister guitar to this one out of the exact same back and sides except with a dark 500 year old cedar top, that will be available sometime next week as well. 

Price $7500