b'Black LeonardoBlack Leonardo. Ive made a few ofbecause of the usual problem of sofinished guitar body, and thin the this style since those words occurredmuch light in order to see the colourssections down until I get the right to me. I promise you they arentof the very dark Macassar Ebonylook. Thin black lines on this guitar intended in any sort of racist manner.back and sides.The top isnt Cedarwould not have worked so well. I like the idea of a Dark guitar, andthis time, its Sinker Redwood, andThe bindings are Dark Siricote, just I like guitars that produce Darkis, in real life, quite a bit darker thanbecause I had it available, I could sounds. it shows here. It doesnt have thehave used anything dark. There When I first made a guitar fromstreakiness often seen in Redwood.are thin marquetry lines inside the Ebony and Cedar, I described theSome Macassarhas rather wildbindings to emphasise the binding sound as so dark - as if all the sharpgrain patterns, and there are a lot ofcolour, and black lines around edges of every overtone had beenEbonies that are sold as Macassar,the soundhole to keep everything filed off leaving every part of theso its often difficult to tell them apart.subdued.sound dead smooth. This is straight, and has the typicalIn a dark, dark forest, there was a I cant remember which guitar thatcolouring I am used to from wood Idark, dark house. In that dark, dark was, but I do remember this one.bought a long time ago, when timberhouse, there was a dark, dark room. That in itself is a relief, because wedealers didnt tell lies. Ahem. In that dark, dark room, there was only made it a few weeks ago, Id beThe Mahogany neck has two thicka dark, dark box. In that dark, dark very worried if I had forgotten it. ebony laminations, which havebox, there was a Ghost!I think the word Black, and theadded to the overall visual feel, name Leonardo go well together-a very deliberate choice.When a sort of Black Lion image. Themaking a neck like this, I hold all photographs are a little inaccuratethe laminations together against the 261'