Sure, it's backwards

[Vasco]

I just received some new pics from the builder of a custom lefty 12-string I ordered some months ago. According to the builder, it's a HEAVY guitar, but quite robust sounding newly strung up.

Looks like it's getting close to delivery!

 

Full Frontal: Jumbo body; Italian spruce top

 

 

Cutaway Detail: koa binding & purfling; MOP inlay

 

 

12th Fret & rosette detail: koa rosette

 

 

Bridge: Part-Pinless; snakewood pins

 

 

The headstock: African Blackwood w/ gold gotoh 510 minis

 

 

Here's a shot of the back: African Blackwood

 

[daklander]

Too bad it's wrong handed. :poke:

[Stackabones]

WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!

[Hudman]

Gorgeous!

[guitarist21]

Holy smokes! That is a beautiful guitar! I'd love to hear how it sounds.

 

Ellen

[Vasco]

Holy smokes! That is a beautiful guitar! I'd love to hear how it sounds. Ellen

Me too!

I guess my wait will be just a bit longer before I find out....Once the final set-up is done, it needs to ship cross country....

[Terry Allan Hall]

Me too! I guess my wait will be just a bit longer before I find out....Once the final set-up is done, it needs to ship cross country....

I'd take me a road trip to wherever the luthier is located...

Nice!

[T.B.]

I'd take me a road trip to wherever the luthier is located... Nice!

+1 You got that right!! Man, that's such a gorgeous looking guitar. Ya gotta come back and give us a review.

Trina

[lauren]

hot hot hot:love:

[denvertrakker]

Where's a drooling emoticon when you need one? That thing is GORgeous!

[Vasco]

 

I just got word that the final setup & prep on this guitar is complete and the builder is planning on shipping it to me next week!

 

Lord, grant me patience!!

 

One of the cool things I discovered about the case used for this guitar by John Osthoff the builder, was it's shape: Because of the 'wedge' shape of this guitar's body, the case manufacturer, Ameritage, built a 'wedge' case to conform to the sloping thickness of the body. Having seen one of these 'wedge' cases firsthand at the Healdsburg show, I was very impressed by the quality & durability of the Ameritage cases. Luxuriously padded and built like a vault. It does provide some 'peace of mind' for a cross-country trip.

 

Here's a shot of the wedge case John had at Healdsburg show:

 

 

:thu:

[Vasco]

I'm happy to report UPS just delivered it to my office this past Friday morning. I was relieved to see the package intact and without severe compression.

The Ameritage case is really a quality case and the ''Osthoff' logo gracing the top is a nice touch...AND it's a "left-handed" case, of all things....



Upon opening the case (and removing all the additional padding the builder John Osthoff carefully provided to ensure a safe trip), I was quite impressed at the subtle beauty of this guitar

[OldGuitarPlayer]

Beautiful! Happy New Guitar Day!

[guitarcapo]

African Blackwood has to be one one the most dense and difficult to bend of all the rosewoods. The extra 6 tuners probably don't help the weight either.

I have a back and side set of Afrian Blackwood in my garage large enough to build a jumbo guitar out of but it is a concern of mine. I'm just going to thin it a lot.
One thing nice is that the pores are so tiny that filling isn't needed.

I also have a pair of African Blackwood trees in the back of my house here in Naples, FL. I grew them from seeds I bought off Ebay for 10 bucks.

5 seeds came and 2 sprouted. They're about 3 years old now and about 5 feeet tall. Very bushy tree with lots of thorns. I have to prune them a lot to actually become tall trees and not bushes.