Crazy wood, what’s the attraction?

[Andrew Paul]

Don't know about "crazy wood," but that's some funky carpet!

Yeah.... not very manly.... wife picked it out

 

[László]

These are all beautiful guitars, guys; I look at one and am wowed, and then look at the next one, and again, wowed, and it doesn’t seem to stop!

I don’t have anything unique or unusual enough for this thread, my guitars are pretty much what you’d expect in their price categories.

 

[Mike Duncan]

Look at the deep, beautiful quilting on this one....

 

[Andrew Paul]

Look at the deep, beautiful quilting on this one....

She does have a nice top!! Nice legs too

 

[Big Mike]

I like odd
Not necessarily uniform figuring
I like figuring runout, mineral streaks, non perfect flame. Boat wake is cool. Quilts with little designs you can see in the wood.

Eastern maple with translucent flames and dead spots with mineral streaks make me very happy

My thorn for example


This cu22 20th I wish I still had non 10

 

[Big Mike]

Look at the deep, beautiful quilting on this one....

Pretty sure mine has a happening non 10 under the gold judging by the faux binding

 

[Big Mike]

The grey black curo is a 1 piece top
And the blue studio maple is a 10 but not super symmetrical

 

[WA Paul]

You may have seen this one once or twice already...

Never seen another piece of Koa like it

 

[Great Gazoo]

Yeah.... not very manly.... wife picked it out

Well, I've seen some PGA tour pros with pants of a similar shade, so ...

 

[Andrew Paul]

Well, I've seen some PGA tour pros with pants of a similar shade, so ...

LMAO.

 

[Andrew Paul]

Gorgeous!!

 

[Glide-bpm]

Just a plain old CE24... but I love her... and her Zhangbucker.com pickups (pre changeout pic)...
Sure, she has dead spots, but they're like a signature...

 

[vchizzle]

The beauty in uniqueness.

The way I see it, there’s great art made by man. But when great art is made by nature and happens to also make great tone, it’s a quantum leap up. Especially when it resembles something meaningful, be it space, the ocean, the sunset sky, a bonfire.

Therein lies the attraction.

Here’s a example of what I mean. This photo is lifted from PSF thread (1 March 2019)

Can I be in your will?

 

[Tonart]

The beauty in uniqueness.


Can I be in your will?

LOL but I didn’t say that was my guitar...

 

[vchizzle]

LOL I didn’t say that was my guitar!

Well it looks in the ballpark of your guitars! The 594 in that color is still one of my faves.

 

[Tonart]

Well it looks in the ballpark of your guitars! The 594 in that color is still one of my faves.

Thank you Sir! Well if all goes well, perhaps this one may cross my path! Fingers crossed!

 

[Tonart]

You may have seen this one once or twice already...

Never seen another piece of Koa like it

That’s not crazy. That’s nuts.

 

[elvis]

To me the thing about great guitar wood is that the wood is born inside a tree, and there it would exist and then cease to exist with nobody ever knowing, but for those few individuals who take the time to find it, form it into something useful, and bring out the beauty with an incredible finish.

 

[veinbuster]

I’ve shown this elsewhere. I like it because there is so much going on in the top that I keep finding new things. It’s quite captivating. It doesn’t show well in any photo I’ve taken, but there are faces inside the guitar.

 

[11top]

I’ve shown this elsewhere. I like it because there is so much going on in the top that I keep finding new things. It’s quite captivating. It doesn’t show well in any photo I’ve taken, but there are faces inside the guitar.

My favorite guitar of yours.