Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Adi is supposed to be cleaner than this, considering bear claw had been considered a defect at one time, long before the tonewood debate... Sitka seem to have more of the anomalies, silking, bear claw, medullary rays.
Getting back from the airport in the middle of the night last night and staying up a while, I discovered that that top in the F-112 really some way above average top wood. By ceiling light, I could see bear claw everywhere, and the width of the grain at the outer edges is surprising. At that point, the grain itself has bearclaw running up each line, I've never seen anything this good on a guitar top.
The pics have a yellowish cast from the room lighting, grain in the top is just outrageously good.
This is really the first time I've truly appreciated the top on this gorgeous guitar, the wear, the bumps, the bruise, the patina, it's superb. I think this surpasses my F-30 as the top guitar in the house, the F-30 being a Sunburst, I much prefer NT.
And a fingerpicker's dream, 1 15/16" nut width.
Getting back from the airport in the middle of the night last night and staying up a while, I discovered that that top in the F-112 really some way above average top wood. By ceiling light, I could see bear claw everywhere, and the width of the grain at the outer edges is surprising. At that point, the grain itself has bearclaw running up each line, I've never seen anything this good on a guitar top.
The pics have a yellowish cast from the room lighting, grain in the top is just outrageously good.
This is really the first time I've truly appreciated the top on this gorgeous guitar, the wear, the bumps, the bruise, the patina, it's superb. I think this surpasses my F-30 as the top guitar in the house, the F-30 being a Sunburst, I much prefer NT.
And a fingerpicker's dream, 1 15/16" nut width.
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