Most beautiful Acoustic guitar you've ever seen... post 1 picture.

[TheChicagoTodd]

My purdiest....

Todd in Chicago

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[Steve DeRosa]

Scharpach Vienna Apex.
$30K+.
Several years' wait.
Only guitar I'd even consider spending that kind of money for.
Worth four pictures.









When St. Peter shakes my right hand I want him to hand me one of these with his left...

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by Tico

+1

Since beauty is 100% opinion, and zero % fact, this post is not to put anyone down.
This thread demonstrates that many consider the most beautiful guitars are the most exotic, surprising, unusual, eye-catching, unexpected, innovative, challenging and labor-intensive to execute.

I would just say those guitars are the ... most exotic, surprising, unusual, eye-catching, unexpected, innovative, challenging and labor-intensive to execute.
But that wasn't the OP's question.
The OP's question was, "What's the most beautiful?"

IMO, the classic Martin D-28 is the most beautiful.
Additional ornamentation/cosmetics, Elvis' face in the wood grain, and cantilevers that try but to transcend the law of physics related to torque, do nothing for the sound or function; rather, they just pump up the price and the gee-whiz factor.

With a simple D-28 more of the money goes into what (to me) matters ... function.

... but I'm a guy who thinks all women look better without makeup.

Repeat ... YMMV.

I agree with you ...and KyDave. For me if it doesn't look like a Martin or a Gibson, it doesn't look right. I believe that the best designs were perfected in the first 30(ish) years of the 20th C.

e.g. Martin 0,00,000 and the original dread (all 12 fretters), and the Gibson L-o/1, the L-2, the Roy Smeck, and the L-5.

[JohnW63]

Steve,

Dang! That is a head turner.

[JohnW63]

Sonic,

I have never seen a top like that. What did Ovation call it ?

[jaylynch@yahoo.]

2008 Simon Fay OM

IMG_0314 by jaylynch46, on Flickr

[383roller]

[TheChicagoTodd]

Originally Posted by JohnW63

Sonic,

I have never seen a top like that. What did Ovation call it ?

Agreed...very cool...very nice top.



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[Jambi]

I'm going a totally different route.

I think Nelson's 'Trigger' or Jon Gomm's 'Wilma' are beautiful, but it's in a different way than described here. The bruised and beaten guitars bearing the scars of a long life with their owners is moving to me. That's a lifetime of joy an instrument gave to its player.

[revive]

Originally Posted by JohnW63

Sonic,

I have never seen a top like that. What did Ovation call it ?

Looks exactly like my Taylor T3's top which is quilted maple.

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[Bill Yellow]

Originally Posted by homesteader

To almost all of these.

I'd hate to see what your wives/girlfriends look like.

Neglected?

[Sonics]

Originally Posted by JohnW63

Sonic,

I have never seen a top like that. What did Ovation call it ?

Figured Walnut. The fingerboard and bridge are also Walnut. It was a limited run.

[Sonics]

Originally Posted by revive

Looks exactly like my Taylor T3's top which is quilted maple.

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Yes, I know what you mean. Maple can be deceptive when tinted.. I have another Ovation that looks like this:

[revive]

Originally Posted by Sonics

Yes, I know what you mean. Maple can be deceptive when tinted.. I have another Ovation that looks like this:

You got me there Sonics. Good to know though.

My Taylor T3b quilt maple looks like this




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[Sonics]

Originally Posted by revive

You got me there Sonics. Good to know though.

My Taylor T3b quilt maple looks like this




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No Sir, You have me with that Taylor...but I do also have a Bigsby.