“I am grateful beyond words…”
My very good friend and band mate, Mike Hudkins, builds one-of-kind acoustic guitar masterpieces. His work has already becoming legendary and greatly admired by many of the guitarist-musicians who have had the honor of playing his guitars. Mike offered to build a one-off acoustic guitar for me. Knowing how amazing his guitars sounded and how easily they played, I couldn't wait to get started on selecting the different types of wood we would use to build this “series #29” work of art.
Mike showed me a few pieces of wood, just to get an idea of what could be used. I saw an interesting type of wood, one I had never seen before. It is called "Leopard wood". Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a "cat person". This would be the first Leopard wood guitar build by Mike. As time went by, we decided to also incorporate Tiger and Zebra wood into the design. Mike hand selected the pieces for the rosette around the SoundHole.
Combining the first pieces that would be put into the making of this guitar, began on November 20, 2021. After countless hours of hard work, dedication, heart, soul, blood, sweat and maybe even a few tears, Mike finished this amazingly, beautiful work of art on February 23, 2023.
I am absolutely astounded by the sound of this guitar! She has so many unique features, that it takes a while to see everything that was done to make this a one of a kind beauty. She plays so easily and effortlessly. It’s difficult to put her down.
You simply cannot put a price tag on this guitar, just like you cannot put a price tag on friendship. I am forever grateful to Mike for his amazing, creative sculpting abilities of simply taking mere pieces of wood and building one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen or played.
Thank-you, Mike. “Yeah man, bubba!”
Dave
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