Woods are Carpathian Spruce top, EIR Rosewood back and sides, African Mahogany neck, Blackwood bindings, Myrtle Rosette, Myrtle end strip, BRW bridge, Ebony fingerboard.
This one is my favourite so far. Exceptionally nice sounding guitar, and no significant boo boos. Very resonant, it rings if you make any noise in the same room. Different sound from #4 becasue of the different woods, but I think I do prefer this one. For some reason that baffles me it is also by far the most stable. Was still in tune 24hrs after stringing it up, and has stayed pretty close for the last 2 weeks. I put a saddle on to give a low action at first expecting the usual movement of the bridge to bring it up to about right, but nothing happened. 2 weeks later and it has still not budged. Ended up putting on a taller saddle, so the saddle is a bit higher that I would like, but I guess it is much better to start with a tall saddle than one that is too low. Have not done anything different so don't know what is going on, but can't complain about the sound. Whatever I did with this one worked beautifully.
Photographing the dark Rosewood back was a challenge. You can see my first attempt shows a nice reflected picture of the garden.
Peter
