What can you tell me to expect about Claro Walnut

[BreedloveRDMH]

Well thanks to all of you.
I made up my mind and made an offer that was accepted and my new/used Breedlove will ship from Oregon today.
It's a 1999 Breedlove SC 20 Claro Walnut back and sides.
It's got all of the early innovations that Steve Henderson had been working on since the mid 90's; asymmetrical bridge, tapered headstock, JDL truss bridge, tapered thickness top. I'm very excited and I'm looking forward to the end of the week when it arrives.
I'll do a NGD when I get the guitar, but for you folks as my thanks to you I'm linking a video of this very guitar that was made a few years ago and hosted on YouTube

Thanks for your help and knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJu6V5htMG4

[Adam Legion]

Originally Posted by Murphy Slaw

Heck, I even like eating Walnuts....

This. This is gold.

This weekend or next I will be putting my hands on (for 2nd time) an Adirondack spruce top + Claro walnut back/sides OM style guitar built by Frank Finnochio in Easton, PA. Arch backed body = no bracing (proprietary, and WILD).

This tasty perspective is what I needed!

It has already been played in a few years by a man too large for a smaller body guitar. He gave it back to Frank and I have to decide whether I am its next, and hopefully final, owner.

[Murphy Slaw]

Originally Posted by Adam Legion

This. This is gold.

And to think.

Some people thought I was nuts.

[mercy]

I agree with Wade

[bsman]

I've had two walnut guitars - both Go Guitars Walnut Grandes built by Sam Radding in San Diego. I still have the second. Even though its place as the go-to travel guitar has been superseded by a Carbon Fiber Journey Overhead, I can't get rid of it because the tone is so utterly divine - if not overpowering. I'm really sorry I didn't get one of the Gibson J-15s when they were made, because every single one I played was superlative. I just wasn't into big guitars at that time.

[Adam Legion]

Originally Posted by Murphy Slaw

Some people thought I was nuts.

If you were nuts on the wall, you’d be walnuts.

[The Bard Rocks]

Originally Posted by Murphy Slaw

I've owned a 79 Walnut SG for many decades and always loved Walnut.

My J-15 quickly became one of my favorites as well.

Heck, I even like eating Walnuts....

Incidentally Black Walnuts do not taste anything like the English Walnuts you are probably used to eating. And they are a LOT harder to shell and pick the meat from.

Wade is right about Claro and Black. More Claro guitars are made than Black, though Black is closing the gap in recent years. I always attributed this to the fact that it is easier to get a beautiful set of Claro than Black. And if you want something that visually outshines Claro, try Bastogne Walnut.

[Teherie]

Two years ago, I bought a new Larrivee LSV guitar with a moonwood spruce top, walnut back and sides, Venetian cutaway and Anthem Dual Source pickup. This guitar also has a 12 fret neck with a 25.5 inch scale and is nice paired with my 12 fret, 000 short scale spruce over mahogany 12 fret and my 14 fret OM with spruce over rosewood.