Fiddleback Black Walnut acoustic guitar

The walnut is beautiful. Some of the best figure in walnut I have seen.

That’s just beautiful!

-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....

Very Nice guitar with some great looking wood. I never seem to find any walnut like that around where I live.

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Wow love the figure you customers doing a great job,they sure know how to select wood.

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Greg don’t feel bad about not seeing anything like it. In 12 years of business I had never had anything like it either. Rare and beautiful. Jonathan Razo is an artisan to say the least. The entire tree was of this quality and it was huge. It produced over 800 BF of lumber all very beautiful. Almost all gone now. Hope it is not another 12 years til I find another load like this.

-- McKinney Hardwood Lumber --Specializing in exotic and figured hardwood lumber http://www.mckinneyhardwoods.com -McKinney, TX

amazing wood looks like the koa here.

WOW!! That thing is beautimous! Looks a whole bunch better’n my buddy’s Taylor Koa.
Have a good’un
Joe

-- rejo55, East Texas If there were no trees, there wouldn't be much wood.

Agreed, nice figure on that Walnut. Wow.

Philip

-- Philip, Minnesota, www.langguitars.com

I’m looking forward to seeing the whole thing. Please post more photos when you get them!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Love it!

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

The match is incredible. It almost looks like a face peering out. Walnut’s probably my favorite wood, so you KNOW I liked this one:)

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Absolutely beautiful!!!

I am just now getting into guitar building and repair and as such have put my box and clock making projects on hold for an indeterminate period of time. My son has been buying guitars left and right for the last couple of months with most of them in need of repair to some degree. He doesn’t do woodworking so he volunteered my services to make the repairs and also build wall hangers for them. He in turn has bought me a couple of kits and a genuine Fender Strat guitar in need of repair to do with as I please, keep as my own or sell when completed. I also bought a few patterns with the intent to make cutting and routing templates to sell and/or make a guitar from scratch using some of the highly figured Maple, QS White Oak and Walnut I have on hand and retain the natural look of the wood grain. I don’t play so most if not all will be sold once completed and tested for playability and sound quality.

-- If it won't fit get a BIGGER hammer.

Here are some photos of the finished guitar.

-- McKinney Hardwood Lumber --Specializing in exotic and figured hardwood lumber http://www.mckinneyhardwoods.com -McKinney, TX