Its hard to know what to say sometimes when such amazing guitars arrive. I am shocked that Sheldon's work isn't more widely known.

This is an original and wonderful work of art. I'm am fond of commenting on how great luthiers can combine qualities that otherwise might be considered mutually exclusive. Well Sheldon has pulled it off in achieving the big sound that you might expect from a sitka/rosewood sixteen inch guitar of this quality with remarkable individual note clarity and balance. Players in smaller rooms won't need amplification, neither will those who play with a soft touch - finger tips not nails for instance - lack any response or tonal character. Its big and beautiful and soft and mellow, a guitar that will respond to all moods and playing styles. Brilliant!


• Top Bear Claw Sitka Spruce purchased in 1997 with bent wood/drop
top style arm rest.
• Back and sides East Indian Rosewood purchased in 1994
• Cutaway with an access bevel
• 14 frets to the body
• 25.5” scale
• 1.75” nut width
• 2.25” string spacing at saddle
• 16” lower bout
• Five piece mahogany, Peruvian walnut and curly maple neck
• Lacewood logo
• Cherry and black pear purfling
• Black walnut bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Black walnut rear headstock veneer
• Glow in the dark side dots
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony pinless bridge
• Gotoh 510 tuners
• Black tuner buttons
• Black Tusq nut and saddle
• Clear pickguard
• Workhorse carbon copy case