The passion I saw when you described this guitar. You are most definitely proud of it and you should be. It’s always a plus and pleasure when a luthier can play as well. Wow what a beautiful guitar!!!
I worked in construction and the first time I saw birdseye maple was many years ago when it was used as a veneer in a high-end tenant improvement. Absolutely beautiful wood. Beautiful looking instrument! Sounds great as well!
Thank you for the demonstration. I had a guitar built almost 25 years ago and it is quilted maple and shares many of your spot on building techniques. Occasionally my shoulder doesn't like the extra depth but the sound is undeniable! I love your work!
I know it doesn't have the typical Driftwood bling, but man... I think that might be the most beautiful guitar I've seen on this channel. It sounds incredible too! I feel like the highs and lows start out very separated from each other, but converge as the notes ring out. Incredible work Chris!
@@kamarienedwards1757 and i bet they are not base price 20thousand dollars.. this actually is an insane thing to do is sell guitars for the prices of cars.. it's like those insane priced oboes.. cuz the black wood from africa.. we need to stop cutting down rare trees.. especially redwood cedar.. i can not respect a person who still using redwood cedar at this point in history.
Your bracing and voicing is what really let the sound blossom on that guitar. Probably about as free and resonant as it gets without the bridge pulling the sound board off the body. Lol. Again just a tremendous build. Super awesome job. Also the cedar top, box size, and bridge material.
That guitar sounds even better than it looks. you absolutely knocked it out of the park and I think set the standard. i have major work to do to ever make one of those. amazing. your client is going to be thrilled.
Wow, I love that guitar. I am surprised at how well it sustains. The sound is warm, but not muddy in the least. You can hear every note clearly. Fantastic instrument.
Beautiful proportions and simply fabulous wood, lovely minimal slotted headstock. Really like this one. Sounds beautiful. Well done luthier and customer great decisions.
Money aside, this guitar sounds incredible! Good job on coupling the maple with the cedar and on how you braced the cedar. You didn't use a typical X Bracing, but (it looks like ) a quite parallel, 4-fan brace in which one brace on each side of the instrument intersects with an outside wing of the bridge. They are high, thin braces. Very impressive, all in all. Yes, the guitar is beautiful and has nicely matched woods; but, that exists with many guitars. However, the sound you've gotten from 5-inch deep ribs, cedar and maple, excellent Bracing on the cedar is most impressive. Excellent job!
I love Western Red Cedar top guitars! My FAV Taylor is the 514CE. WRC and Mahogany back and sides. So warm and balanced. Love that guitar. Never owned one just played a bunch of them.
I appreciate the craftsmanship and looks of those elaborate inlays, but I agree with you about enjoying the simplicity and letting the guitar do the talking
I’m an amateur luthier and I’ve been hoping to build a guitar out of maple and walnut that sounds just like yours! But I’ve been reluctant due to its reputation. But now I know that beautiful sound can be achieved. Thank you 🙏
I have a small jumbo 12-string, Sitka and Maple and it sounds amazing. Play it soft or hard, up the neck or down, it never breaks up, always shimmers, and sustains for days.
This may be my favorite looking and sounding Driftwood guitar so far. Absolutely gorgeous. Reminds me a bit of some of the Gibson Nick Lucas Specials I've heard, which were deep-bodied guitars, many of which had maple backs and sides. This one has more high end sparkle to my ears, though.
Wow, haven't checked in for a while; letting the ol' hair go wild for a while! Looks good. I love this guitar which, after the videos I've seen looks a bit of a departure. Super articulate and clear sounding. Great note separation. Sounds VERY alive. If I had the money for one of your guitars I would want one based on that. Nice work!
This is an absolutely beautiful guitar! Simple, dressed down yet elegant. I believe that is the finest Birdseye maple I have seen to date. The western cedar, the ebony and walnut binding, the headstock overlay on both front and back all compliment one another perfectly making in my opinion just a stunning guitar. As a hobby guitar builder I can really appreciate the love and craftsmanship that went into it. My prize acoustic guitar is a 2017 Martin D28, which I love because of its its deep, rich woody tone. Through my speakers I hear that same familiar woody sound, which is a real achievement given the maple and cedar combo. Well done my friend!
@lesstone... Are you comparing a Martin with this guitar?? Don't please. Martin is just a name. This guitar here is a piece of art and will sound even better Audrey stone time if being played
Hiya Chris, I am an amateur builder with a model I call the "Phoebe" and the first I ever built is WRC top and Flame Maple back and sides. I agree, it sounds gorgeous when playing finger style, which I do mostly. Started playing with a bluegrass mob and find it a bit thin and tinny when I'm digging in and making my attempt at lead breaks. I've retrofitted a K&K Pure Mini pick up which helps, because I don't need to dig in. Interesting, but I'm loving it. I'll somehow work out to send you a pick or two. Cheers Paul
Back in ‘80, I ordered an electric (double cutaway) Carvin with flame maple body (cap on Alder) with birdseye maple fingerboard - beautiful! (natural finish)
Beautifully done. Expert wood choice and craftsmanship. Would love to play this guitar. Would really love to hear what the Sitka top would sound like over the maple.
Beautiful guitar and nice balance. I thought the same about maple until I bought a Falcon II from Ricky Barlow with a Burma Lindera top and a curly maple body and I later bought a quilted maple Ibanez GB40th. Maple's cool when done by a master luthier.
My first good sounding guitar was a cedar top. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of my younger years, those cedar top steel strings speak to me. Amazing guitar, excellent aesthetics and sound.
*A Thing of Beauty* A joy to behold and especially to listen to. Not a lot was said about that fretboard, but wow! Great intonation 12th fret and higher. You strung it with strings that resonate with all the "sawdust" that went into crafting it. FWIW-watched video on 40" 4K monitor with Surface Pro 2 over-ears headphones-good enough to appreciate what you were sharing.
Great Video - I have always had great results with maple, one of my favorites- I hope you have luck with Waverly tuners, I have not. Every set I have bought has had at least one sticky tuner. The Schaller Grand Tune and the Gotoh 510s open gear are consistently great quality.
Imagine how this instrument's sound will blossom as it ages. I love its simplicity. I have a maple bodied Guild 12 string and I like its sound also. Safe travels.
woody, and crispy clarity. Honestly I lack the basses as expected, but is more defined for example than my aridondack+rosewood which tends to be too much of large powerful spectrum. great piece, a bit expensive for my taste but great to know you have happy wealthy customers that undertand your art and craftmanship level: you deserve it!
What I'm hearing on my studio monitors is nice upper mid clarity without being trebly. Very warm with a very controlled lower range. I think this guitar would shine best at being played fingerstyle rather than strummed. The clear mids and tight bass give it the voice to articulate plucked notes. And the birdseye is a striking aesthetic. I'm also a huge fan of a clean look; not crazy about a bunch of busy adornments on an instrument. This is a gorgeous guitar.
Far as I'm concerned maple is a fine wood for the body. Can't tell you how many excellent Gibson J200s I've heard with maple. The cedar top is also an excellent choice. I picked up an inexpensive dred with a cedar top that was highly recommended to me by a friend in a small shop. Wasn't sure about it at first because the voice was SO LOUD, but it eventually became one of my favorites. Kudos on this build. I'd have to mortgage my house, but trust me, I'm thinking . . . Thanks for the video!
There are similarities between wood tones and medical practice that every situation has it's unique approach even they share the same condition. This guitar has its unique tones and you can hear it clearly in a studio sound analysis' devices and monitors. Well done Chris great work as always. Best regards from England UK.
I have an Avalon guitar that is quilted maple and Engleman Spruce top. Best sounding maple guitar I’ve played. Not tinny at all, decent but not overpowering bass. Resonates for days. Nice guitar!
I hate this assumption that a piece of wood can be defined by its species. I could take a birdseye maple log and cut it up any number of ways, then dry it any number of ways, and achieve a litany of different results... All wood isn't the same, even from the same tree, every single piece is unique and its just as much the affinage as it is the piece of raw material itself that determines the end result. I've got hickory right now thats as strong as some ebony and lighter than any spruce I've ever held... So anyone who writes off a species of wood is generalizing way too much for their opinions to have any merit.
I like it, classy but modern. A no nonsense acoustic that is kind of a sleeper. In just looking at it, it may to some appear to be just a run of the mill acoustic, until one starts to play and the tone is not what is expected from a maple backed guitar. Good work, such a beautiful and unique guitar. As always much love and mad respect.
"Clarity" is the word that comes to mind when I hear this guitar. I am in awe of the blingier guitars you build, because your talent is so impressive. That being said, I like very subtle looking adornments on a guitar. (Even Martin 28s are a bit too blingy for my personal tastes.) This is a beautiful guitar and my personal favorite of the builds of yours that I've seen.
You are my favorite guitar builder just to let you know and I recommended you to my three friends who have a small guitar shop real close to my home and we are considering the CNC for making next and things like that for electric guitars too, but you doing a great job my friend might wanna wear a hairnet though and get wood chips in your hair. I’m just messing with you man you’re great.
Years and years ago I toured the Martin factory and they had hanging in the lobby a custom-shop special, the D-60. Picture a D-28 only the back and sides are maple. It was the most amazing sounding dreadnought I've ever played. It had all the depth and bass of a dread, but with the clarity and sparkle (good lord did I just write that? 🙂 ) of a 000. It was magnificent.
That is one sweet sounding maple guitar Chris! Great job. I like the lack of boominess ie A rosewood or ebony bass sound. This has a really sweet balance.
As a singer-songwriter I use the boominess in between the lines; rosewood bass underlines the message. But maple has a better attack. In order not to drown my voice, I have to use the dread dynamically. It hepls that my guitar has a warm sounding cedar top.
I just ordered a ‘95 Breedlove Master Class C2 with a red cedar top and quilted maple back and sides. Purely out of curiosity, never played a maple. This gives me hope she might be a keeper.
Absolutely gorgeous guitar. Tremendous job. Ask me how many rosewood spruce acoustics I have. Zero. Have mahogany, mertlewood, cherry wood, maple. Rosewood just has too much incidental harmonics and overtones. Cherry and Walnut are just straight flat mid range. Mahogany is bright and focused. Like to see you build a high end mertlewood acoustic. Kind of in-between mahogany and rosewood tone wise. And a little bit of the harmonics and overtones of rosewood. Just got a solid wood maple spruce arch top. It's a little different with the hand carved thicker arches that require less bracing and the f-holes really change the dynamics as well. Great job. I build parts casters the same way. With balance in mind. If a particular body is too bright then I bring heavier elements to bring balance back. Like a brass bridge, bone nut, rosewood fingerboard, more pickup windings etc etc. And a heavy guitar. All things bright. Stainless steel bridge, tusk nut, vintage output pick ups, maple neck. Etc etc. Great builders approach every guitar differently and with an open mind. Awesome job.
I have a cheap dreadnought Honer all maple guitar in my collection. It's maple ply body and back as well as a maple neck and the ply body/back is lightly birdseye. The top is sitka spruce though. It's just plain, not very figured maple, though the neck has a little flame to it. And it is one of the nicer sounding guitars I own. Actually sounds just as good as a $1300(early 2000s price) solid rosewood body and mahogany neck with sitka top Washburn I have and the two are actually very similar in tone.
I had a Cort guitar made with solids just like yours. It must have been a Cort flagship guitar. I actually bought it from the west coast Cort rep. These instruments were made to a stellar standard and dealers apparently thought the high price would be a hard sell. So he was having a slog moving them. So I got a better deal. The guitar had a white spruce top and all the maple was top grade quilting. He actually picked me out one that he thought looked good. At any rate my Cort was the best guitar I ever owned. With the stock strings it projected as much sound image as sound itself. I was tickled pink with the voice of that ax. I was content but something fortuitous happened ; a pal brought me over a set of those millionaire phosphor bronze strings that have some kind of a coating. I've heard and played at times with guitars with those strings and I wasn't that impressed. But my buddy offered me these girly strings and since my own strings were coming unwound.... They were even the right gauge. So when I had the strings installed I figured out right away that there was some kind of synergy. Even while I was stringing it up I could hear more of the wood in the guitar. Those Elixir strings blew me away. The way that they opened the voice on that maple guitar was amazing. I tell you this thinking that that guitar is so new you may not have even changed the strings yet. I don't know what kind of alchemy might light up in that beautiful creation of yours but it turned my head as I've told. If this makes something sound better for you , my work is done. Alpha Bong!
lol I figured maple wasn’t too bad because I’m open to all guitars I can play. That’s why I love my Eastman ac622ce (after playing every guitar same model as well) I went to Reno’s music in fishers, Indiana. I played a lot of Martin custom shops, Gibsons and even a bourgeois(easily the best out of the bunch but was too expensive for me)😊
Ive a slinger land songster acoustic made 193o in Chicago back sides and kneck solid maple fret board rose wood spruce top its high end sounding fast when picking has any body else played or owned one
about dang time, been missing some good ol quality driftwood content
The passion I saw when you described this guitar. You are most definitely proud of it and you should be. It’s always a plus and pleasure when a luthier can play as well.
Wow what a beautiful guitar!!!
Yeah Chris- that's a fabulous looking and sounding guitar. Well done!
I worked in construction and the first time I saw birdseye maple was many years ago when it was used as a veneer in a high-end tenant improvement. Absolutely beautiful wood. Beautiful looking instrument! Sounds great as well!
Finally...a new Driftwood vid. I've been going through withdrawals for quite some time.
Thank you for the demonstration. I had a guitar built almost 25 years ago and it is quilted maple and shares many of your spot on building techniques. Occasionally my shoulder doesn't like the extra depth but the sound is undeniable! I love your work!
You’re my favourite luthier so far, probably the best…. you always amazed me of every masterpiece you have made…
I'm very happy to own a Larrivee OM , quarter cut maple . Thirty years old now and a gem .
I know it doesn't have the typical Driftwood bling, but man... I think that might be the most beautiful guitar I've seen on this channel. It sounds incredible too! I feel like the highs and lows start out very separated from each other, but converge as the notes ring out. Incredible work Chris!
This is the best-sounding guitar I've ever heard. Clear without being brittle and yet, wonderfully vibrantly and rich. Well done!
Great job! Very well balanced tone, very rich organic woody sound!! Thanks for sharing
best sounding maple guitar I've heard so far. Great job!
Boucher makes some really good torrified maple guitars
@@kamarienedwards1757 and i bet they are not base price 20thousand dollars.. this actually is an insane thing to do is sell guitars for the prices of cars.. it's like those insane priced oboes.. cuz the black wood from africa.. we need to stop cutting down rare trees.. especially redwood cedar.. i can not respect a person who still using redwood cedar at this point in history.
Your bracing and voicing is what really let the sound blossom on that guitar. Probably about as free and resonant as it gets without the bridge pulling the sound board off the body. Lol. Again just a tremendous build. Super awesome job. Also the cedar top, box size, and bridge material.
It sounds amazing! I’m a Taylor guy. I love the necks and the sustain. Your guitar has the tonal qualities I wish my Taylors had.
That guitar sounds even better than it looks. you absolutely knocked it out of the park and I think set the standard. i have major work to do to ever make one of those. amazing. your client is going to be thrilled.
Wow, I love that guitar. I am surprised at how well it sustains. The sound is warm, but not muddy in the least. You can hear every note clearly. Fantastic instrument.
Beautiful proportions and simply fabulous wood, lovely minimal slotted headstock. Really like this one. Sounds beautiful. Well done luthier and customer great decisions.
This dude is awesome. I forgot how much I like him. The guitars he makes are unreal and he seems like a fantastic teacher.
Money aside, this guitar sounds incredible! Good job on coupling the maple with the cedar and on how you braced the cedar. You didn't use a typical X Bracing, but (it looks like ) a quite parallel, 4-fan brace in which one brace on each side of the instrument intersects with an outside wing of the bridge. They are high, thin braces. Very impressive, all in all. Yes, the guitar is beautiful and has nicely matched woods; but, that exists with many guitars. However, the sound you've gotten from 5-inch deep ribs, cedar and maple, excellent Bracing on the cedar is most impressive. Excellent job!
I love Western Red Cedar top guitars! My FAV Taylor is the 514CE. WRC and Mahogany back and sides. So warm and balanced. Love that guitar. Never owned one just played a bunch of them.
Another BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENT CRAFTED BY A MASTER WOODWORKER, Luthier & Musician!! Love your channel and the demos of instruments created! 👍👍👍
Absolute stunner Chris! Thanks for taking us inside your design thoughts on this one as well.
Thanks! We’re excited to see your new side bender! It looks fantastic.
I appreciate the craftsmanship and looks of those elaborate inlays, but I agree with you about enjoying the simplicity and letting the guitar do the talking
I’m an amateur luthier and I’ve been hoping to build a guitar out of maple and walnut that sounds just like yours! But I’ve been reluctant due to its reputation. But now I know that beautiful sound can be achieved. Thank you 🙏
I have a small jumbo 12-string, Sitka and Maple and it sounds amazing. Play it soft or hard, up the neck or down, it never breaks up, always shimmers, and sustains for days.
This may be my favorite looking and sounding Driftwood guitar so far. Absolutely gorgeous.
Reminds me a bit of some of the Gibson Nick Lucas Specials I've heard, which were deep-bodied guitars, many of which had maple backs and sides. This one has more high end sparkle to my ears, though.
Sounds beautiful and probably one of my favorite sounding acoustic guitars now. You’ve proven maple can be beautiful.
Wow, haven't checked in for a while; letting the ol' hair go wild for a while! Looks good. I love this guitar which, after the videos I've seen looks a bit of a departure. Super articulate and clear sounding. Great note separation. Sounds VERY alive. If I had the money for one of your guitars I would want one based on that. Nice work!
This is an absolutely beautiful guitar! Simple, dressed down yet elegant. I believe that is the finest Birdseye maple I have seen to date. The western cedar, the ebony and walnut binding, the headstock overlay on both front and back all compliment one another perfectly making in my opinion just a stunning guitar. As a hobby guitar builder I can really appreciate the love and craftsmanship that went into it. My prize acoustic guitar is a 2017 Martin D28, which I love because of its its deep, rich woody tone. Through my speakers I hear that same familiar woody sound, which is a real achievement given the maple and cedar combo. Well done my friend!
@lesstone... Are you comparing a Martin with this guitar?? Don't please. Martin is just a name. This guitar here is a piece of art and will sound even better Audrey stone time if being played
Hiya Chris,
I am an amateur builder with a model I call the "Phoebe" and the first I ever built is WRC top and Flame Maple back and sides. I agree, it sounds gorgeous when playing finger style, which I do mostly. Started playing with a bluegrass mob and find it a bit thin and tinny when I'm digging in and making my attempt at lead breaks. I've retrofitted a K&K Pure Mini pick up which helps, because I don't need to dig in. Interesting, but I'm loving it. I'll somehow work out to send you a pick or two.
Cheers Paul
Back in ‘80, I ordered an electric (double cutaway) Carvin with flame maple body (cap on Alder) with birdseye maple fingerboard - beautiful! (natural finish)
Beautifully done. Expert wood choice and craftsmanship. Would love to play this guitar. Would really love to hear what the Sitka top would sound like over the maple.
What a beautiful sounding & looking guitar. You should be very proud.
Reminds me of a Gruhn quad. Smart design with the snappy mids from the maple which helps tighten up the lows from the large lower bout. Love it man!
Beautiful guitar and nice balance. I thought the same about maple until I bought a Falcon II from Ricky Barlow with a Burma Lindera top and a curly maple body and I later bought a quilted maple Ibanez GB40th. Maple's cool when done by a master luthier.
Looks good. Sounds good. Always nice to see some "local" woods used in guitars.
The brightness of maple without harshness. Great sustain and mellowness of the cedar really compliment the maple.
What a pretty guitar, not only aesthetically but also sonically.
My first good sounding guitar was a cedar top. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of my younger years, those cedar top steel strings speak to me. Amazing guitar, excellent aesthetics and sound.
I have a takamine ean-10c cedar top' mahogany back and sides' EB aluminum bronze strings' is one of the best sounding guitars I've ever had/heard.
Then play it
*A Thing of Beauty* A joy to behold and especially to listen to. Not a lot was said about that fretboard, but wow! Great intonation 12th fret and higher. You strung it with strings that resonate with all the "sawdust" that went into crafting it.
FWIW-watched video on 40" 4K monitor with Surface Pro 2 over-ears headphones-good enough to appreciate what you were sharing.
Great Video - I have always had great results with maple, one of my favorites- I hope you have luck with Waverly tuners, I have not. Every set I have bought has had at least one sticky tuner. The Schaller Grand Tune and the Gotoh 510s open gear are consistently great quality.
Imagine how this instrument's sound will blossom as it ages. I love its simplicity. I have a maple bodied Guild 12 string and I like its sound also. Safe travels.
We have to imagine it because at $20K who can really afford to own one?
Fantastic sound on this one. Its owner is going to have a ball taking it on a test drive. Excellent work!
Yikes man. That’s aesthetically and sonically beautiful. A sweet balanced tone with consistent intonation. Ya knocked this one out of the park.
Love the aesthetics and simplicity of this guitar! I daresay I like it even more than the ancient sikta one with the crazy inlays.
woody, and crispy clarity. Honestly I lack the basses as expected, but is more defined for example than my aridondack+rosewood which tends to be too much of large powerful spectrum. great piece, a bit expensive for my taste but great to know you have happy wealthy customers that undertand your art and craftmanship level: you deserve it!
What an amazingly rich, woody, and round tone from a maple back and sides guitar. Well done!
it's got a really nice mellow warm sound . I love it . Beautiful looking guitar also.
The sound balance is exceptional!
Fantastic appearance...🎵👀🎶
The bridge material and design are outstanding
Excellent wood matching: very nice resonant bass and clean trebles !!!
What I'm hearing on my studio monitors is nice upper mid clarity without being trebly. Very warm with a very controlled lower range. I think this guitar would shine best at being played fingerstyle rather than strummed. The clear mids and tight bass give it the voice to articulate plucked notes. And the birdseye is a striking aesthetic. I'm also a huge fan of a clean look; not crazy about a bunch of busy adornments on an instrument. This is a gorgeous guitar.
Far as I'm concerned maple is a fine wood for the body. Can't tell you how many excellent Gibson J200s I've heard with maple. The cedar top is also an excellent choice. I picked up an inexpensive dred with a cedar top that was highly recommended to me by a friend in a small shop. Wasn't sure about it at first because the voice was SO LOUD, but it eventually became one of my favorites. Kudos on this build. I'd have to mortgage my house, but trust me, I'm thinking . . . Thanks for the video!
Listening on my Yamaha HS8 studio monitors. Sounds absoluteley amazing! Love from Sweden.
Beautiful build Chris! Sounds great. Cedar really pairs well with Maple.
Congrats... Seriously, beautiful instrument. You've got yourself a winner.
There are similarities between wood tones and medical practice that every situation has it's unique approach even they share the same condition. This guitar has its unique tones and you can hear it clearly in a studio sound analysis' devices and monitors. Well done Chris great work as always. Best regards from England UK.
I once owned a maple/cedar topped guitar. loved it. this one sounds great.
Wow the sustain on those chords is insane sir!
Bro! One of the best I’ve heard from your collection! Very familiar woody tone with your trademark sparkle!
I have an Avalon guitar that is quilted maple and Engleman Spruce top. Best sounding maple guitar I’ve played. Not tinny at all, decent but not overpowering bass. Resonates for days. Nice guitar!
I hate this assumption that a piece of wood can be defined by its species. I could take a birdseye maple log and cut it up any number of ways, then dry it any number of ways, and achieve a litany of different results... All wood isn't the same, even from the same tree, every single piece is unique and its just as much the affinage as it is the piece of raw material itself that determines the end result. I've got hickory right now thats as strong as some ebony and lighter than any spruce I've ever held... So anyone who writes off a species of wood is generalizing way too much for their opinions to have any merit.
I like it, classy but modern. A no nonsense acoustic that is kind of a sleeper. In just looking at it, it may to some appear to be just a run of the mill acoustic, until one starts to play and the tone is not what is expected from a maple backed guitar. Good work, such a beautiful and unique guitar. As always much love and mad respect.
Greetings from Sebastian Flarda 🤣 Ole buddy, you hit a home run with this one!!! I have always loved maple. And now? THAT SOUND 🙏🙏🙏
Chris is A Great Artist and Musician.Very Inspiring sound!
Wow, that birdseye maple is stunning! Incredible guitar Chris!
That is a work of art!! Perfect choices of wood all around. That is a guitar I'd be curious to hear in person to hear how it reacts.
"Clarity" is the word that comes to mind when I hear this guitar. I am in awe of the blingier guitars you build, because your talent is so impressive. That being said, I like very subtle looking adornments on a guitar. (Even Martin 28s are a bit too blingy for my personal tastes.) This is a beautiful guitar and my personal favorite of the builds of yours that I've seen.
I built a stew mac om kit that had maple b/s with engleman top. Very rich for maple, but a nice dryness too.
You are my favorite guitar builder just to let you know and I recommended you to my three friends who have a small guitar shop real close to my home and we are considering the CNC for making next and things like that for electric guitars too, but you doing a great job my friend might wanna wear a hairnet though and get wood chips in your hair. I’m just messing with you man you’re great.
Years and years ago I toured the Martin factory and they had hanging in the lobby a custom-shop special, the D-60. Picture a D-28 only the back and sides are maple. It was the most amazing sounding dreadnought I've ever played. It had all the depth and bass of a dread, but with the clarity and sparkle (good lord did I just write that? 🙂 ) of a 000. It was magnificent.
That is one sweet sounding maple guitar Chris! Great job. I like the lack of boominess ie A rosewood or ebony bass sound. This has a really sweet balance.
As a singer-songwriter I use the boominess in between the lines; rosewood bass underlines the message. But maple has a better attack. In order not to drown my voice, I have to use the dread dynamically. It hepls that my guitar has a warm sounding cedar top.
That guitar looks and sounds AMAZING! Well done.
I just ordered a ‘95 Breedlove Master Class C2 with a red cedar top and quilted maple back and sides. Purely out of curiosity, never played a maple. This gives me hope she might be a keeper.
That's one beautiful guitar. I was so glad to see this video come up on my feed.
It already sounds quite 'open '. Wonderful. I think you're on to a winner.
My brother in law has a Gibson J150 that’s a maple back and sides that sounds incredible.
Absolutely gorgeous guitar. Tremendous job. Ask me how many rosewood spruce acoustics I have. Zero. Have mahogany, mertlewood, cherry wood, maple. Rosewood just has too much incidental harmonics and overtones. Cherry and Walnut are just straight flat mid range. Mahogany is bright and focused. Like to see you build a high end mertlewood acoustic. Kind of in-between mahogany and rosewood tone wise. And a little bit of the harmonics and overtones of rosewood. Just got a solid wood maple spruce arch top. It's a little different with the hand carved thicker arches that require less bracing and the f-holes really change the dynamics as well. Great job. I build parts casters the same way. With balance in mind. If a particular body is too bright then I bring heavier elements to bring balance back. Like a brass bridge, bone nut, rosewood fingerboard, more pickup windings etc etc. And a heavy guitar. All things bright. Stainless steel bridge, tusk nut, vintage output pick ups, maple neck. Etc etc. Great builders approach every guitar differently and with an open mind. Awesome job.
I've been a Mahogany fan-boy for ages now, but this guitar showed me it doesnt have to be Mahogany for me to really like it. Beautiful.
Sounds awesome Chris! God bless you.
The resonance of that guitar is just, Wow!
Such a natural sound. I love that
Amazing guitar!! I would love to see a video about your bridge design. Looks interesting.
That’s a beautiful guitar and sounds awesome
Great work my friend. Looks great and sounds amazing!
I have a cheap dreadnought Honer all maple guitar in my collection. It's maple ply body and back as well as a maple neck and the ply body/back is lightly birdseye. The top is sitka spruce though. It's just plain, not very figured maple, though the neck has a little flame to it. And it is one of the nicer sounding guitars I own. Actually sounds just as good as a $1300(early 2000s price) solid rosewood body and mahogany neck with sitka top Washburn I have and the two are actually very similar in tone.
Beautiful understated elegance and sounds great!
My Takamine has a cedar top. Brings warmth
I look forward to seeing you guys do more of those reviews where you cut open guitars.
played a Guild F model once, maple + cedar. was amazing
Stunning work brother! A fine heirloom instrument for sure.
I had a Cort guitar made with solids just like yours. It must have been a Cort flagship guitar. I actually bought it from the west coast Cort rep. These instruments were made to a stellar standard and dealers apparently thought the high price would be a hard sell. So he was having a slog moving them. So I got a better deal. The guitar had a white spruce top and all the maple was top grade quilting. He actually picked me out one that he thought looked good.
At any rate my Cort was the best guitar I ever owned. With the stock strings it projected as much sound image as sound itself. I was tickled pink with the voice of that ax. I was content but something fortuitous happened ; a pal brought me over a set of those millionaire phosphor bronze strings that have some kind of a coating. I've heard and played at times with guitars with those strings and I wasn't that impressed.
But my buddy offered me these girly strings and since my own strings were coming unwound.... They were even the right gauge. So when I had the strings installed I figured out right away that there was some kind of synergy. Even while I was stringing it up I could hear more of the wood in the guitar. Those Elixir strings blew me away. The way that they opened the voice on that maple guitar was amazing.
I tell you this thinking that that guitar is so new you may not have even changed the strings yet. I don't know what kind of alchemy might light up in that beautiful creation of yours but it turned my head as I've told. If this makes something sound better for you , my work is done.
Alpha Bong!
You completely nailed it. Stunning and I am a critical person! Maybe the finest guitar I have encountered in my long life.
lol I figured maple wasn’t too bad because I’m open to all guitars I can play. That’s why I love my Eastman ac622ce (after playing every guitar same model as well) I went to Reno’s music in fishers, Indiana. I played a lot of Martin custom shops, Gibsons and even a bourgeois(easily the best out of the bunch but was too expensive for me)😊
What a gorgeous instrument
The most obvious attribute of your Maple Guitar is the clear, defined bass on it. Beautiful.
Cedar has a lovely natural distortion
And nicely played too 😇 i`d love that in a parlour size,
its a beautiful instrument👌
The Taylor AD27e is made from solid Big Leaf Maple and I think it sounds brilliant.
Ive a slinger land songster acoustic made 193o in Chicago back sides and kneck solid maple fret board rose wood spruce top its high end sounding fast when picking has any body else played or owned one