35yr Air Dryed Bastogne - 605

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Some of the finest Bastogne walnut there will ever be. Bastogne is a cross between a claro and an english walnut, resulting in material that is more dense than claro, with more pronounced color patterns, typically carmel oranges and purples. Its not always figured, but oftentimes is, at least in the butt cut. These sets come from a legendary flitch that was left to air dry here in the desert for approximately 35 yrs. The tree was felled near the Oregon California border around 1990. A few years ago the owner passed away and the family decided it was time to start letting some of it go. Since I'd been asking for several years, they offered some to me. They liked the idea that it would become guitars. From the very first cut, I knew I was on some special stuff. The wood is crisp and dense in a way most walnut is not, but still works and cuts easily. The plates are amazingly stable and solid. The maturity of the grain and how it works is yesteryear in nature. Maybe its because the tree was very old. Maybe its because it is air dryed 35 years. Either way, this is once in a lifetime dinosaur wood. You will not be disappointed.