C C Rider, oh no, oh 9 o5 oh what?

[headsup]

I once had a BR C-09, early nineties, late eighties, I dunno.

It went away to some-one else, and I missed it, so I went and ended up with a C-05 to replace it.
But heck, there's something about the immediacy and depth of Brazilan Rosewood that none of my EIR Guitars can quite match.

Wouldn't you know it, recently my very same BR C-09 came up for sale, 4 hours away.
After some negations, and friendly discussions, I made the trek today and brought it home.

And after, dressing the frets, polishing the fingerboard, tightening the gold Schallers, polishing the stunning BR grain, I put a nice set of Mediums on it and strummed.
After my fiancé picked herself up, and we replaced the glass in the window, I'm only finger picking for a day or two.

My old friend Tony Duggan-Smith was the idea man behind the stirling silver headstock border, which, on this guitar is particularly stunning.
I'm also partial to the Maple binding against the BR, there is also some incredible "flaming" on the mahogany neck.

now there's two "C's" in the house (plus all the others), hard to leave the house under such dire circumstances, but I'll take one for the team.....
first the C-09, then the C-05..

My fiance is a player as well, so I just say I bought another guitar for her.

I don't own a nice car, or a boat, (we live on the water) or a motorcycle, or a snow machine, I just play guitar. (and I'm all good with that).

[Danny]

  Beauty

[broKen]

You sold that????

[Walkerman]

What, no picture of the back?

[Strings4Him]

Cool story.  Need pic of the back, please.

[headsup]

I thought I mentioned having difficulty with the larger body size after playing an OM-60 for years, thus the the visitation to another.
Here's a couple of the back & neck, black line is a shadow only.

[ducktrapper]

Stunning!   

[JOYCEfromNS]

Stunning!   

A real beauty 

[Walkerman]

It appears that Brazilian wood is much, much better than their soccer team.......

Beautiful guitar there.

[headsup]

sooooo, i just got back from taking it to my luthier friend, who went to a lot of trouble to indicate to me how perfectly quarter sawn the the woods were, including the neck, thus the "flaming".
He was pretty sure it was an Engleman and not sitka top, because of aspects of the grain that he pointed out.
stuff I'm happy learn, always from people who know woods so much better than i.

anyways, for me, the neck angle is perfect, the bridge set good, no scratches or flaws, just a real nice player.
Like many others on this forum, playing our different sae/shape/wood guitars is a lot of fun.
They all speak differently, for different reasons, and that is one of the many reasons I like having different guitars.

some  one around here said their wife was ok with them having several guitars but only one wife.

[Danny]

This BR C-09 will make a fine GOTM. Maybe a few pics outdoors would be nice.

[Mikeymac]

Great story - what a great guitar! Holy Grail!!!

 

[headsup]

This BR C-09 will make a fine GOTM. Maybe a few pics outdoors would be nice.

my pics, I enjoy, even the RS4 with the fender amp over in the pics section.
I've had my share of GOTM to last more than my lifetime.
it's time for others to get creative and step up, including the quilted OM just now posted.
i mentioned guitars make excellent subjects on the RS4 deluxe photo.
it's just light, angle, imagination, too easy, hoping for more creative, and cool shots of forum members lovely guitars in the future.