With this guitar, you’ve got a chance to be a part of the future of all guitars. David MacCubbin has entered this instrument in the Sonic Sitka Project, an attempt by luthier Denis Merrill and others to document the impacts of aging on tonewoods under tension, and to quantify the sonic changes that happens to the top with time. Why do older guitars sound better? The Sonic Sitka Project is one of the first comprehensive efforts to pursue an answer to that question. The data recorded from this guitar will one day help luthiers to better understand the physics of their tops, and thus improve the voices of future guitars.
The stunning Bearclaw Sitka Spruce which Denis provided to over 90 luthiers is here accompanied by a perfect set of Madagascar Rosewood, giving this guitar a refined elegance in appearance and tone. Playing this guitar is an enveloping experience: from the first notes plucked the sound surrounds the musician in resounding sustain. The bottom end is tight and controlled, with a snappy tone which begs for thumbpicked basslines, and the other registers are bright and expressive, with great string-to-string separation for fingerstyle arrangements. No stranger to flatpicks, this guitar opens up beautifully with an aggressive attack, allowing a sweet array of overtones to fill out the voice.
This is a warm guitar in all of the best ways; comforting to listen to for the player and the listener. I could imagine tucking in on the couch on a cold winters night and enjoying this guitar endlessly. 
I love the balanced tone of this guitar and the neck plays like a dream. No wonder this is the luthier that "Celtic guitar god" Robin Bullock has chosen to endorse. | Scale Length | 24.9 in |
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| Nut Width | 1.75 in |
| String Spacing | 2.25 in |
| Woods | Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Madagascar |
With this guitar, you've got a chance to be a part of the future of all guitars. David MacCubbin has entered this instrument in the Sonic Sitka Project, an attempt by luthier Denis Merrill and others to document the impacts of aging on tonewoods under tension, and to quantify the sonic changes that happens to the top with time
This is a warm guitar in all of the best ways; comforting to listen to for the player and the listener. I could imagine tucking in on the couch on a cold winters night and enjoying this guitar endlessly.
I love the balanced tone of this guitar and the neck plays like a dream. No wonder this is the luthier that "Celtic guitar god" Robin Bullock has chosen to endorse. 