{"product_id":"the-tree-dreadnaught","title":"The Tree Dreadnaught Quilted Honduran Mahogany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Tree Dreadnaught 500 year old Acoustic Quilted Honduran Mahogany, Exhibition Grade. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck it out at Black Book Guitars in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePurchased for $8,999 from From StuMac (see original listing in photos).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tree Quilted Honduran Mahogany, Exhibition Grade - 027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tree mahogany is a true once in a lifetime wood that's nearly gone. The few remaining sets available on the market are likely to be the last. Visually it is some of the most stunning wood the world's ever seen—often used on guitars costing $30,000, $40,000 or even $50,000 or more. And tonally The Tree doesn't disappoint either, often being favorably compared to the best Brazilian Rosewood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a rare opportunity to claim your piece of the guitar industry's most famous tonewood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack minimum dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Upper bout: 6-1\/2\" (165mm)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Lower bout: 8-1\/2\" (216mm)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Length: 22\" (559mm)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Thickness: 0.119\" (3.0mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSides minimum dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Length: 34-1\/4\" (870mm)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Narrow width: 3-15\/16\" (100mm)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Wide width: 5\" (127mm)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e•\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Thickness: 0.09\" (2.3mm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"show\" side of these sets has a coat of shellac to clearly show grain pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tree, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSwietenia macrophylla\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have managed to procure a small handful of heirloom quality sets of perhaps the most talked about wood in guitar making circles—\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tree Quilted Mahogany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally felled in the Chiquibul rainforest in Honduras in 1965, The Tree laid on the forest floor for a decade until Robert Novak and his team devised a way to haul it up a steep ravine. Once they cut it open they knew they had a once in a lifetime find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince then The Tree has become the stuff of legend. Wood that's so beautiful, so rare, and so hard to find that few builders have ever had the opportunity to see it in person, let alone build with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompared to other quilted mahogany sets The Tree stands in a class by itself. The figure ranges from intense, rolling \"sausage quilt\" to highly sought after \"tortoise shell\" figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilders who've built with it claim that the tone it produces is closer to the finest rosewoods vs. traditional mahogany.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Book Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47660258984108,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/8827\/files\/E349DEB9-6100-4200-ADE4-128E65FC0B37_1_201_a.jpg?v=1792460597","url":"https:\/\/www.blackbookguitars.com\/products\/the-tree-dreadnaught","provider":"Black Book Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}