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Wow! That is one beautiful guitar! Great work!
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Hi Michael, Your end graft miters and design are truly inspirational. Exquisitely crafted and surgically precise work! Thanks for sharing and I canÂ’t wait to see it under finish.
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I can't pick out a favorite feature as they are all stunning, push comes to shove I would have to choose between the bride and the end wedge, but I do not know which way I would go. Outstanding work as always.
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Wow! That is one beautiful guitar! Great work!
Thanks so much everyone! The guitar is now all finished up and will hopefully arrive at Dream Guitars tomorrow. I'm incredibly happy with how this one turned out -- I think of all my guitars it might be one of the most overall cohesive designs I've put together. You never really know until you get finish on it, but it was nice to see the lighter colors in the ebony are right in line with the color of the top. That combined with the general yellow/brown tones of the spalted maple and honey jasper recon stone makes everything really click together for me. Anyway, time for some final pics!







































Thanks for looking everyone and keep on the lookout for the pro pictures and video coming up soon from Dream Guitars!
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WOW! I agree completely on the cohesiveness of the design. Very well done.

The curl in the ebony came through even more than I expected. Really a stunning guitar.
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Mighty fine instrument!!! Beautiful indeed.

Looking forward to a Dream Demo Video.

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This is a stunning guitar, Mike--all the elements are beautifully executed!
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WOW! I agree completely on the cohesiveness of the design. Very well done.

The curl in the ebony came through even more than I expected. Really a stunning guitar.
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Thanks everyone! The guitar has arrived at Dream Guitars and I'll post the demo video once they've got it up in the next couple of weeks.
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Beautiful piece Mike…
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Killer guitar and I'm still enjoying mine.
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That Ebony really pops under finish! This is a beautiful guitar. Nicely done!
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Some real nice photos and a great demo for this one at Dream Guitars!

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Thankfully this one did not last long at Dream Guitars and is now at it's new home! I often don't know where the guitars I sell through dealers end up, so I thought in this case since I got some pretty great feedback through Dustin at Dream Guitars from the new owner I'd do one follow up post with their initial review...


"I Just wanted to let you know the guitar got here last night. Sorry I was going to email you this morning. But I made the mistake of playing the guitar when I got up and I haven’t been able to stop playing hahaha. It’s really incredible man. Seriously I can’t believe how good it is. The more I play it the better it seems somehow. It can just handle anything I throw at it. The power and depth of sound is really crazy. But still everything is so clear and audible. It’s like no guitar I’ve ever heard or played. I just wanted to say thank you for helping me pick it out. I couldn’t be happier with it and I look forward to getting to know it a bit better. Thank you again!! I’ll be playing for the next 6 months straight hahaha but that's why I wanted it."


Huge thanks to Dustin and the crew at Dream Guitars for helping connect the guitar with it's new owner. I was pretty proud of this one and it's so nice knowing that it's found a great new home!
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That’s awesome and well-deserved, Mike, congratulations!
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