This 3 sting has a beautiful carved rosewood box. The wood gives the guitar a very nice tone and extra sustain. It features a lot of nice details as you can see in the pictures. I am really happy how this one turned out!The neck is made of beech, the fretboard and other (painted) wooden parts are Brazilian greenheart, except the leg support, also beech. Of course there is a nice handle to carry it around on the side of the instrument. It has a single coil pickup, that sounds very warm and bright. The fret markers are white and the fretboard is darkened on those positions. The tailpiece is a handle and the bridge a nicely shaped piece of wood with a bullet case on top. The nut is made from a piece of brass to match the brass frets and other golden colored parts as the volume and tone knobs and tuners. The logo and brand name are on the headstock on an engraved piece of wood and a piece of brass.It has a 22,75" scale, 21frets, with nice low action to play all the chords you want easily!I made some nice pictures in a local forest. The instrument is named after the ornate hawk-eagle. This must be one of the most beautiful raptors I've ever seen.The ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) is a medium large bird of prey from the tropical Americas. These birds are found in humid tropical forests from southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula, to Trinidad and Tobago, south to Peru and Argentina. It's a very powerful raptor, and can take prey up to five times its own weight. Preferably this Hawk-Eagle has other birds on the menu. Prey species have included little blue herons, curassows, toucans, wood quail, pigeons, macaws, parrots, cotingas, chickens, and even a black vulture! Mammals are also significant prey, with agoutis, squirrels, rats, procyonids, and monkeys often taken. Reptiles are also occasionally hunted.The male's courtship display is a dive with folded wings, and a climb, sometimes completing a loop. The pair touch talons in flight as the female rolls on her back. This species builds a large stick nest in a high tree, many meters above ground. The nest is around 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter.Though locally rare, it was not considered a threatened species by the IUCN due to its wide range. In 2012 the species was up-listed as near threatened.A bird that really should be protected as well as its habitat, our children's children should be able to enjoy the sight of such a beautiful animal in the future! What a stunning Bird!
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I was not a birder specifically before, just in love with nature in general.. but since I called myself HighBird I am definately a growing birder :D There are so many amazing birds!
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Thanks Don!
Beautiful build, nice write-up.
I was not a birder specifically before, just in love with nature in general.. but since I called myself HighBird I am definately a growing birder :D There are so many amazing birds!
Super build and I like the description. I am a birder too.