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Cousin Eddie's cousin
I shamefully admit I haven’t had these out for awhile. I was learning a song (I Looked Away-D&tDs), and thought it would sound great played on these. While they were out of their cases, I decided to take a few photos. The woods on both these guitars guitars were picked by me at the vault. I wasn’t looking to build an acoustic either time until Mike Byle steered me to the wood piles.
The first build was the all-koa body. I remember gasping when I pulled these sets of perfectly matched top and back, and I’ve always been a sucker for sapwood. The 2nd guitar was built from a later trip to Stevensville at an Experience (2012). Again, no plans to build, but when I pulled this unique pale moon ebony I knew I was hooked. And, to make it impossible to resist, Michael Reid was displaying this incredible macassar ebony neck blank at the Experience wood display; it’s now on this guitar.
Even though these are the same Angelus model, they are very unique from each other. The koa one is more mid-rangy, where the ebony is livelier and has a snap to its tone. Also, there something magical about ebony necks. They are smooth as glass and sustain for days. I love both guitars, they are just very different.
The first build was the all-koa body. I remember gasping when I pulled these sets of perfectly matched top and back, and I’ve always been a sucker for sapwood. The 2nd guitar was built from a later trip to Stevensville at an Experience (2012). Again, no plans to build, but when I pulled this unique pale moon ebony I knew I was hooked. And, to make it impossible to resist, Michael Reid was displaying this incredible macassar ebony neck blank at the Experience wood display; it’s now on this guitar.
Even though these are the same Angelus model, they are very unique from each other. The koa one is more mid-rangy, where the ebony is livelier and has a snap to its tone. Also, there something magical about ebony necks. They are smooth as glass and sustain for days. I love both guitars, they are just very different.
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