Number 5
Number 5 is my fourth dreadnaught-style guitar (counting
Number 4, the resonator guitar). I re-styled the head to taper to
a triple-rounded point. The "Coog Moon" is abalone
(farmed abalone--the remains of a restaurant dinner--I kept the
shells). The front is Douglas fir, which I resawed from chunks of
100-year-old Portland, Oregon, factory/warehouse columns given to
me by my good friend and bass viol builder Phil Yost. The sides
and back are oak, around 3/32" thick, and the neck is maple
and kingwood laminations. The bridge is also kingwood. The neck
and head veneer are both ebony. With medium-gauge steel strings,
this one is pretty loud, but light on the treble side. With
slightly heavier B and high E strings, however, it equalized
pretty well.
