Rare that my jaw literally drops from pictures of guitars, but here we are:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metcollects/the-four-seasons
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metcollects/the-four-seasons)
Check out the write up and the pics.
I think I'd be OK with Spring or Winter :)
Superbly insane and beyond belief... :o
Mother of Pearl and Abalone inlays on the inside of a guitar...
Very richly decorated and still full of style, that's also a great achievement. With that amount of detail things can get overwhelming and loose it too easily. This is fab though and my jaw is also down on the floor.
I would be too afraid to own one. "Well, don't point even!"
Obsessive compulsive attention to detail is what differentiates the true master craftsmen from the rest of us. Good enough is just not part of their vocabulary.
I'd love to have 1/10th of the skillz to build that guitar or any like it.
It's probably just me, but I found it funny that for these guitars that are so over-the-top and rare/valuable, they have plain ol' D'Addario strings that you can get anywhere. Not that those aren't great strings, but you would expect La Bella Vapor Shields or Elixir Nanowebs; something expensive.
I guess fancy strings really are just bogus marketing hype, as expected.
Whole lotta time and effort went into those
Thanks for sharing, :)
Anthony Wilson (also known as Diana Krall's guitar player) recorded some songs with the so-called `Seasons Quartet`, uniting 4 of the top-range jazz guitar players of this era:
Here is a session at Fretboard Journal with different guitars (but same players, except Steve Cardenas), I guess the original guitars won't leave the Met...:
And another video of Anthony Wilson with each guitar: