Serial Number 013

3rd Sponsor Guitar

started on July 7, 2023: completed on July 31, 2023

The third sponsor will go to Jason Bozec; a band member with Stephen Clark and I know Jason can really shred on the guitar.

After coming and trying out S/N 008, Jason wanted something very similar to it. He wanted the figured Ovangkol for the back and sides and it is a great choice. The tonal qualities are very similar to Rosewood and the figure in the Ovangkol is very eye catching.

I will be trying a new kind of Spruce on Jason’s guitar – Caucasian/Oriental Spruce. The grains are very tight on this species of Spruce and will have great sound projection.

Jason also decided to go with the stained White Ash for the neck. I personally like the stained Ash look. It isn’t staining a whole neck so the effect is visible and gives it a lot more than not having the grains stained at all.

After looking at what I had for fingerboard options, I managed to convince Jason on trying Richlite. It’s a man made wood substitute that will give consistent results in sound and quality. This particular piece I brought in will almost look like the figured Ovangkol pattern or a snake skin kind of pattern when sanded down. It definitely gives the guitar a unique look.

The guitar has the other vine inlayed Ebony bridge I brought in. Seeing such inlay work is really cool. I am sure it is done by CNC cutting but still, some of the inlay work out there is so fancy.

I wanted to keep a dark kind of theme to Jason’s guitar so I did a light stamp with the logo and didn’t fill it like I normally would. “Jason Bozec” is stamped at the back of the head but also not filled in.

With trying to move forward with visuals and my abilities, I tried something different than the norm on the head plate. I did a simple pattern on it. Better to start off easy before I get in over my head with what I am trying to accomplish.

An L.R. Baggs Anthem pickup system is also installed into Jason’s guitar for stage use.

SPECS

Body 00/Grand Concert

Scale 24.9″

Top Caucasian Spruce

Back figured Ovangkol

Sides figured Ovangkol

Neck stained White Ash

Fingerboard Richlite

Bridge Ebony with abalone vine inlay

Tuning Machines Gotoh 510s

Strings D’Addario EJ11 80/20s