This guitar has a top of bear claw Sitka spruce, back and sides of spalted red heart big leaf maple, and a one piece neck of red heart big leaf maple. The finger board, peg head overlay, truss rod cover, finger rest, tailpiece and tailpiece nut are all ebony. The makers logo is abalam of Korean Awabi (a small abalone). The tri-strand peg head decoration is pink and yellow mother of pearl along with Mexican green abalone. The finger board inlays are brown lip pearl.
November 28, 2009 11:16:02 AM PST
Michael,
After spending most of my Saturday playing my Skylark, all I can say is KUDOS TO YOU FOR A FANTASTIC JOB. You did build a great guitar. The acoustic response is rich and warm and well balanced. The playability is superb. I like those Thomastik strings. I also use the Benson Thomastik 14's in flatwound on my Borys BG 120 (it's a 17") - I like those strings but I don't think the Skylark needs 14's. I am perfectly happy with this set up so far. The Lindy Fralin pickup comes pretty close to a DeArmond 1100. However, I like the acoustic sound so much that I spent most of the time playing and practicing acoustic. I have posted some pictures of the guitar on Facebook, with links to your website. I hope you will have enquiries and perhaps new customers. Never hesitate to use me as a reference. I will be happy to sing your praises.
I have been trying to play Skylark in chord soloing... I'm afraid that Jeffrey did a much better job on the video that you posted on your website... I've got some work to do....
Take care
Elie
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