Dom's JM. Dom O'Driscoll had been a customer for a long time after buying one of the first ASAP guitars. He was in the workshop at one time and tried a JM model and this is what he decided to order as his second guitar. The JM uses quartersawn mahogany for top back and sides. Mahogany, despite being a hardwood, is very suitable as a top giving a tone somewhere between cedar and spruce and was used quite a lot during the Depression. Dom's JM is fairly standard with a 12th fret join, slotted headstock,, maple binding and abalone soundhole. The khaya mahogany is given a slight red mahogany toner and, in this case, the gloss body contrasts with the silk finish on the neck.
For more about the ASAP JM go to the ASAP JM Page I have some copies of Dom's latest cd in the workshop for sale at 13 euro plus postage. |
