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Alembic products => Showcase => Skylark Guitars => Topic started by: DistillaMatto on October 10, 2025, 11:58:49 PM

Title: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: DistillaMatto on October 10, 2025, 11:58:49 PM
They turned the redwood burl into this Skylark. It's still not in my hands yet. Mary sent the photos back in June. I should be getting it within the next week or so. The story starts in the "Dreaming for now" section of the forum.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: jazzyvee on October 11, 2025, 12:30:13 AM
That turned out beautiful. I’m sure you will love playing it.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: David Houck on October 11, 2025, 07:19:12 AM
Beautiful!!
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: lbpesq on October 11, 2025, 08:25:48 AM
I love watching the Alembic magicians transform trees into guitars!  Absolutely stunning!

Bill, tgo
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: DistillaMatto on October 12, 2025, 06:10:33 PM
Thank you all. I'll post more when I get it.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: keith_h on October 13, 2025, 05:28:49 AM
That's a nice redwood top. One of the things I miss about living in California is the wood shop in Monterey that specialized in redwood burls and crotches. 
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: jazzyvee on October 13, 2025, 09:46:05 AM
I have a burl redwood bass but it looks more brown in photos, than it is in reality.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: DistillaMatto on October 13, 2025, 05:46:44 PM
Quote from: jazzyvee on October 13, 2025, 09:46:05 AM
I have a burl redwood bass but it looks more brown in photos, than it is in reality.
I can't wait to see it in real life. Soon.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: hammer on October 14, 2025, 05:48:48 AM
Turning a piece of wood as shown into that gorgeous guitar takes Alembic out of the profession of luthiers and into one that might best be described as magicians.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: DistillaMatto on October 16, 2025, 06:30:42 AM
It's real. I went there yesterday to pick it up. Bob showed me around the shop. I saw some amazing stuff in different stages of creation. Thanks again to Mary, Mica, James, Bob and the rest of the staff. Here's an interesting shot of the grain and others.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: David Houck on October 16, 2025, 07:40:24 AM
Beautiful!!  Congrats!
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on October 24, 2025, 07:07:28 PM
Great googly moogly! that is lovely!

Peter
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: DistillaMatto on October 26, 2025, 01:01:20 PM
Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on October 24, 2025, 07:07:28 PM
Great googly moogly! that is lovely!

Peter

I couldn't say it better.
Title: Re: Redwood Burl from the family
Post by: DistillaMatto on October 27, 2025, 07:39:41 AM
The lights.