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| that I have had the pleasure to work with in my 35 years of luthiery. It seems that being preserved under water for years, and carefully salvaged, harvested, and air-dried,has given this wood similar characteristics to the wood Stradivarius used. To me, it seemed almost magical. I was privileged to work with this excellent soundboard material. (Richard, This is truly how I feel about this wood, and if you want to edit my quote for grammar or spelling, please do. I'll bet you get a lot of requests for these Lucky 12 tops for your custom guitar orders with other luthiers.)" --Steve Helgeson, Luthier, Moonstone Guitars |