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Mat139 · August 2018

Hi All.... I am hoping that the concerted knowledge of all here can help me out with identifying my latest love. I have tried to stick to within the forums rules on image size etc so I hope the guitar is seen properly..... if not this is a link to the shared folder in Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kktgxa8bz...3ze27rf_a?dl=0 (mind you loads of people say my dropbox linkls dont work at all!)...but see my flickr links below.

It has what appears to be a stylised TR in MOP inlaid into the headstock with no other indication of maker. It has beautiful solid back and sides which I have been told is Rosewood but they seem to glow and shimmer more than any rosewood I have ever seen. The Top looks like solid spruce and it has what looks to be an Ebony fretboard inlaid with nice Snowflake markers and the body, neck and headstock are all bound with beautiful flamed maple which also serves as a truss-rod cover.

I think that it is a beautiful looking guitar and even with dead strings on it it sounded full and resonant.

I am now in the process of cleaning and lightly refurbishing and hydrating it, and while this process goes on I hope you will all jump in with your thoughts and guidance.

www.flickr.com/photos/mat139/43567831224/in/album-72157700324439024/

I wish I could properly describe how the stripes shimmer and move creating the 3D effect when catching the light...ie: the "dark" stripes turn a golden copper and the lighter stripes turn dark....which makes me think its not stained.... I have been told by Wade hampton (top bloke) that this effect is called chatoyance.

A tiny part of its back story. I'm in the UK and I purchased the guitar from a Spanish gentleman who was returning to Spain. He in turn was given the guitar by another Spanish person who was returning home...so potentially it could be a Spanish made guitar I suppose.

All in all the guitar has cost me virtually nothing and at this moment i have no interest in selling or even knowing how much its worth.... its beautiful and it needs tlc..... and i am a sucker for such things. But even so someone has poured a lot of love into creating this instrument, even the interior is very neat and tidy.... and I respect and appreciate that level of commitment ( I wish I could do it) and I think knowing more of its story would help me understand and appreciate it more.

Please feel free to pitch in.

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