The Tree Quilted Mahogany Guitar Set #21

About This Listing Set #21 of The Tree dreadnaught size. From the Tree cut by Robert Novack in 1981. The last photo is a rare provenance to see the board where the set was cut from (see arrow) with Robert Novack standing in front. These 6 sets are part of the original logs milled from The Tree and purchased directly from Novak in Miami. (please note Tom Ribbecke is not associated with Healdsburg Guitars)

They have been in a shop for the last 40 years and haven't ever been a table or any other piece of furniture. They now have been given the opportunity to be guitars. Each board has a unique energy and figuring. A bandsaw blade with an ultra-thin kerf of .022 thousandths of an inch was used to minimize waste and give a clean cut.

This is history and the nearing the end of these sets. Each board is unique and has its own energy and story. The set comes with a Certificate of Origin and authentication. This set's non-tortoise figuring was created by being on the leeward side or away from the wind. This means it was the compression side of The Tree and the wood is denser and tighter. It was also the side that faced the ravine and the roots needed to make this side of The Tree harder and tougher so it would grow straight and continue to reach above the canopy of the jungle. This is the survivor side of Tree.

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this set is magnificent and the sustain is incredible...last set...your call.

Minimum Dimensions

• Back halves: 21.25" x 8.25" x .110" (571.5 mm x 225.25 mm x 2.794 mm)
• Sides:
• • Length: 33" (838.2 mm)
  • Narrow width: 5.125" (130.175 mm)
  • Wide width: 5.125" (130.175 mm)
  • Thickness: 0.154" (3.91mm)

The "show" side of these sets has a coat of shellac to clearly show grain pattern.

The Tree, Swietenia macrophylla
We have managed to procure a small handful of heirloom quality sets of perhaps the most talked-about wood in guitar-making circles—The Tree Quilted Mahogany.

Originally 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.

Since 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.

Compared to other quilted mahogany sets The Tree stands in a class by itself. The figure ranges from an intense, rolling "tiger quilt" to a highly sought-after "tortoiseshell" figure.

Musicians who played it claim that the tone it produces is closer to the Brazilian rosewood and and incredible energy and ancient presence.

Each set of The Tree will be shipped fully insured for our mutual protection.