Maddy Sunshine Model E
Unbelievable Madagascar Rosewood
Fine German Spruce Top
Ebony bindings and bevel
Black, White and fine red purflings
Micro bevel at the cutaway
Dyed maple fingerboard inlay with paua abalone dots
Paua abalone rosette
Lightly tinted
15" lower bout
25.4" scale length
Nut: 1 25/32"
String Spacing: 2 3/8"
Gold/Ebonoid Gotoh 510s
Hoffee carbon fiber flight case in red to match the theme
PRICE: $20,200
This is a really good guitar. The tone is warm and round and developing nicely. It has a relaxed right hand with a modified oval neck carve. The German spruce top is about as flawless as I've seen and the Madagascar is to die for. I've had very few sets like this in my career, they don't come along very often.
I lost my beloved dog Maddie in June 2022. There is a video on my Facebook page. My dogs come up frequently in my workshop pictures. Maddie even ended up in Acoustic Guitar Magazine! Her favorite days were work days, chilling under a workbench, chawing on a bully stick. Any other day spent at home, she might be anywhere, but on shop days, she was always right there with me.
In the weeks following the loss of her, I let myself wallow. I made the video, I tried my hand at colored pencil (it actually came out okay... but it's still bad art). After that, I really needed something sunny and happy to think about. The inlay is just a happy little squiggle with one Easter egg: seven little suns for her brief seven years.
I spelled Maddie's name with all the girly letters, and I've always nicknamed the wood with a Y. Over time the reason for the inlay will fade, and being made of dyed maple, the inlay will mellow and fade as well. Time is a good thing, especially for guitars. Especially for this story.
I have paired it with a deep and gorgeous burgundy red Hoffee flight case.
This is a really good guitar. The tone is warm and round and developing nicely. It has a relaxed right hand with a modified oval neck carve. The German spruce top is about as flawless as I've seen and the Madagascar is to die for. I've had very few sets like this in my career, they don't come along very often.
I lost my beloved dog Maddie in June 2022. There is a video on my Facebook page. My dogs come up frequently in my workshop pictures. Maddie even ended up in Acoustic Guitar Magazine! Her favorite days were work days, chilling under a workbench, chawing on a bully stick. Any other day spent at home, she might be anywhere, but on shop days, she was always right there with me.
In the weeks following the loss of her, I let myself wallow. I made the video, I tried my hand at colored pencil (it actually came out okay... but it's still bad art). After that, I really needed something sunny and happy to think about. The inlay is just a happy little squiggle with one Easter egg: seven little suns for her brief seven years.
I spelled Maddie's name with all the girly letters, and I've always nicknamed the wood with a Y. Over time the reason for the inlay will fade, and being made of dyed maple, the inlay will mellow and fade as well. Time is a good thing, especially for guitars. Especially for this story.
I have paired it with a deep and gorgeous burgundy red Hoffee flight case.
