Guitars anyone???

[LewisStonehouse]

Oops

[IH-GARY]

@LewisStonehouse Wow! Someone is definitely on Santa's good list!

[LewisStonehouse]

I’ll be on the domestic naughty list when that shows up

[JunkPants]

@LewisStonehouse Very nice! "Oops" indeed
Enjoy it, nothing quite like new guitar day. Would love to see a few pics once it has arrived.

[LewisStonehouse]

Yeah I’ve found I’ve slipped into a habit of aimlessly noodling with my electric guitars, so thought a nice acoustic would get me playing more meaningfully again. I’ll get some pictures up when I get it

[SKT]

@LewisStonehouse I’m drooling a continent away…looking forward to the pics

[goosehd]

@LewisStonehouse Nice pickup and looking forward to pics as well!!

[LewisStonehouse]

@goosehd

This just landed, too busy playing it to take loads of pictures. Might get some better shots later. It sounds amazing

[JunkPants]

@LewisStonehouse Looks great!
Enjoy the guitar and merry christmas!

I was just sitting here noodling on this one.

[goosehd]

@LewisStonehouse That is beautiful!!! So damn beautiful and can guess that the tone is just as nice…Please enjoy and share often

[SKT]

@LewisStonehouse congratulations on that fine instrument. It is absolutely beautiful and I’m betting it sounds even better. Post more pics down the road. Love the aged color of the spruce top

[LewisStonehouse]

Couple more snaps of the Adi top and EIR back

[SKT]

@LewisStonehouse damn the rosewood is as beautiful as the spruce! Just gorgeous

[LewisStonehouse]

It’s tasty for sure. My fingers hurt, I haven’t played this much guitar for years

[chillmonroe]

Here’s some pics of my 1938 D28 and a video of me playing it in the backyard over the summer. It’s a monster

IH-666S-21 in the shot there

[LewisStonehouse]

@chillmonroe niceeeeeeee! Is there a story behind how you came by it?

[chillmonroe]

@LewisStonehouse pretty good one. It was at Guitar Center and they thought it had been refinished because black light showed some splotchiness.

Thing is, black light alone isn’t enough to make that call, at least not since llike the 1980’s. Nowadays we also look for cracking and shrinkage of the rosette and binding as it expands and contracts under new nitro lacquer.

None of that was evident, so I bought it with a three day return policy and had it shipped to my luthier. He confirmed that the finish was completely original. His thought was that someone had spilled a cocktail on it at some point and just wiped it up with a rag, since the splotch looks just like rag strokes and alcohol would leave that splotch in black light but water would not. Either that or it’s a hell of a lot of bodily fluids haha. . But again, can’t see any of that without a black light.

So yeah, due to some good old due diligence on my part and some all too typical idiocy on theirs, I basically stole the damn thing.

[SKT]

@chillmonroe Amazing. Amazing story how you acquired it. Amazing instrument with incredible sound. And beautiful playing. Just an absolute grail guitar. Did it need much in terms of setup by your luthier after you bought it? Neck reset? I’m just in awe here. Thanks for posting about it

[chillmonroe]

@SKT thanks man. Yeah it need a fair amount of work.

It had some funky shitty replacement tuners on it so replaced those with a period correct set of Grover 9-98s, fretboard was sinking into the body at the extension with dual cracks on either side so moved that into proper position, glued and clamped for about a month, then installed ultra thin maple trapezoid brace underneath to stabilize it for future, neck set necessary during this process. Refret with actual period correct nickel wire from the late 1930’s, threw it on a plek machine, slapped its ass and got to pickin.’

All else straight, original, and unmolested. It’s a gem for sure. I’d didn’t realize this thread existed so I’ll start posting about some other guitars too. Crazy cool crossover between my favorite denim and guitars. Looking forward to hangin’ here for sure

[Darth-fader]

been through lots of guitars over the years, but currently just have this one as it is simply the best I've played - plus it looks nice and subtle......