This is John's first guitar the back and sides are flat sawn mahogany. The top is sitka spruce with a beautiful bear claw figuring. The neck is Australian lacewood left over from humidor making. It has an ebony fingerboard with Paua shell marker dots and gold Schaller tuning machines with ebony buttons. The bridge is cocobolo that rings like a bell and the Tor-Tis pickgaurd would make "Myrtel the Turtle" mourn for her late husband "Hurtle".

It plays like a dream and looks pretty besides.