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Dave White will find this nearly unbelievable, but herewith I offer a sound clip of our most recent guitar, the Kelobra/Sitka FS.
Recorded on a friend's Zoom recorder, no EQ, or editing (obviously).
Forgive the less than professional playing.

The Love of God

Larry The Logger Two Step


Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Steve,

That guitar sounds wonderful to me. It seems to be balanced and responsive. The playing needs no apology either.

Steve Frady

That is a sweet sounding guitar. Congrats!

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PMoMC

Steve, Tony, thanks guys! Of course some mics make the instrument sound better than it actually is, and I hope to own one of those some day.
In the mean time, this clip will have to do.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Sounds very nice Steve! And looks very nice, too!!

I didn't get around to asking in your other thread...may I ask what the bridge material is?

Thanks for the kind words, Charlie!
And yes, you may ask--the bridge is ebony, just plain old ebony.
But I tell you what, I'm developing a new appreciation for that species in this application.
We have used it on several guitars of late, all of which have exceeded our expectations tonally.

Steve

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

http://www.stephenkinnaird.com

Thanks Steve. Intuitively, ebony wouldn't seem to me to be the best choice for a bridge from a tonal perspective, but clearly it DOES work very well on a lot of fine guitars. There must be more to it than meets the (my) eye.