When I sell a guitar I built, sometimes it hurts to let it go. You have to let go, or be broke. I think of it as a paid for adoption/surrogacy thing. Best selling author and all around cool guy Joe Viltale (http://www.mrfire.com/) bought a guitar from me this week. He is a man of impeccable taste, indeed! I had to let it go. He lives near by so I can check in occasionally.
This is one badass loud guitar despite its smaller body size. It sounds like a Church Bell being shot out of a Cannon. The back and sides are Brazillian Rosewood with an Adirondak Red Spruce top. Its a guitar that I build to be loud to make up for the smaller body size. I use tall/thin pyramid style braces all adjusted to be loud. Getting the top thickness right keeps it balanced. I gave it extra neck angle and taller saddle as well. This is the sister guitar to Ray Wylie Hubbard's black guitar.
