Paul Woolson has really come on the scene the past few years with pro players like Larry Pattis now playing them. This sweet little LG model has an incredible, silky Sitka Spruce top and Paul Woolson’s preferred Indian Rosewood body. If features several upgrades including a bound and bordered Fretboard with slight extension, bound headstock, bound side sounport, Gotoh Tuners and a dual source K&K pickup with microphone. The tone is very sweet and inspiring with clear present highs and round basses. It’s very easy to play and very responsive. An excellent small body fingerstyle guitar.

We’ve known Paul Woolson for a few years but didn’t have the chance to play his guitars until the Miami show early in 2008. We never represent a builder that we haven’t played and been thoroughly impressed with and that’s just what happened in Miami. Guitarist Larry Pattis, a long time friend to DG, invited us to play Woolson guitars there and we were blown away because Paul Woolson has created a Double Top that is not stark or hollow, as some can be, it’s warm and full just with added power. To us that’s a great achievement and immediately ordered this guitar; an OM cutaway, Double Top featuring a Cedar and Lutz Spruce ‘skins’ on the top and gorgeous Cocobolo Rosewood for the body. We also requested Paul’s double back design to match the one we loved at Miami. We are delighted with this guitar, it’s clear, even, warm and powerful and all that is wrapped in a small, easy to hold, beautiful OM body. This is exciting… About Double Tops From Paul Woolson: “The term ‘double top’ has been thrown around for a few years now. In its current form, it’s relatively new technology. However, classical builders have been used the original form of the double top for decades. The concept of a double-topped guitar is pretty simple: Sandwich a thin layer of aerospace honeycomb material between two very thin tops (or skins as we call them in our shop). This is done in a vacuum process, which creates a very stiff and stable soundboard. The main advantage to this structure is that the top can be built very lightly braced and still remain structurally sound. A lighter top allows more energy from the strings to turn into sound. The final result, in its very simplistic form, is a louder guitar.”

We are big fans of Jeffrey Yong here at Dream Guitars. Jeffrey is able to achieve an incredibly consistent tone from one guitar to another, so we know when we get a new Yong, it will sound great right out of the case. This JJ-MP has all the hallmarks of a Yong guitar. From the Monkeypod and Bearclaw Sitka Spruce to the comfy arm bevel and cutaway scoop. The tone of this guitar is all modern with big open basses and bright ringing trebles. This guitar is a work of art you will have to come in and see!

Gary Zimnicki has hand crafted well over 200 instruments and that is something to be very proud of. Very few luthiers ever reach that mark. But it’s clear that Gary loves his craft and that he knows how to build for tone and beauty in equal parts. This 14 Fret cutaway is artistic and elegant, from the character of the headstock to the square shouldered cutaway to the lovely rose fret markers it’s sophisticated and breathtaking. Then there is the dazzling Brazilian Rosewood with it’s dramatic figure and deep, rich color. The Adirondack Red Spruce top is tight and evenly grained. These two woods combine in classic form to create a rich and satisfying tone that seems capable of most anything you wish to play. The guitar is completed by it’s custom Koa Rosette with double, offset Abalone rings. Top notch all the way.