Luigi has donated 3 extremely nice Italian Spruce tops.
If you have not been aware of the conversations lately - Luigi has been intriguing all of us with some of his high grade Italian spruce tops.
He has generously donated 3 of his best sets.
Here is what he has to say about the wood.
Here are the brief description and the pictures of the wood I’m going to donate the OLF for one of the next auctions.
This wood has a story. I’ts been harvested at a high altitude and comes from a trunk I had from a crazy harvester a few years ago; he was on the point to sell for firewood and came to my attention when a friend of mine showed me a piece for an opinion about the incredible figure. He was’t shure if this could have been alpine spruce because of colour (more clear than usual) and the particular “flamed” figure this friend of mine didn’t ever see. The wood was amazing but had deep gray spots on one side, the side that probably has been left laying on wet ground for months. The north side (which is usually the best one in alpine trunks) was perfect.
This spruce is probably an hibrid since it differs in colour, growth, grain count and figure from most of the spruce I’ve seen until now. Compared with the Fiemme I have it looks even stiffer and more nervous, has a bit less overtones when tapped and a bit (just a bit) less sustain but I’ve runned some home tests and if properly braced it has an incredible caracter. As I told you if Fiemme is the Rolls Royce of spruces, this is a sort of Ferrari that turns into very aggressive and responsive tops expecially in medium sized guitars. I love it and called “Wild Boy” for its particular appearance. I have enough for 90-100 tops or more and the sets I’m giving the forum are some of the best ones.
I shot a lot of pictures in different light conditions trying to show the flamed pattern, It’s been a hard job and the images I’m sending you show just a little of what the winner will see.
Approx dimensions: 55 cm x 22 cm x 0,45 cm ( 21,6 x 8,6 x 1,78”). These tree tops can be replaced with an equivalent billet.
We are going to run this auction a bit differently than those in the recent past. Rather than making 1 auction for all 3 tops, we are going to accept the 3 highest bids each winning 1 top.
If you want to bid on more than 1 top you will need to specify that in your bid. (i.e. 2 tops @ $200 per)
All of the normal stuff applies, going, going, gone etc.
Good luck.
some bids seem to be for 1,2 or 3 tops some bids seem to be on top #1,#2 or #3 which is it?