Probably the best looking electic I've seen...

[LushTone]

I saw this Dell'Isola guitar on Facebook. So beautiful.

 

[LushTone]

The fretboard is a type of figured ebony. Padauk was used with the flamed maple neck laminates and fretboard binding. Ziricote top and headstock overlay. Limba body.

 

[Jeremiah]

Love the wood, not too keen on the shape: Looks pretty lopsided to me.

 

[sixstringsamurai]

Meh...
Not a fan of the hippie sandwich.....
To each his own though.

 

[anorakDan]

To be honest, I've seen many prettier guitars right here on this forum. It's okay, but no doubt priced to the moon.

Hehe, "hippie sandwich" I love it.  :toothy10:

 

[greywolf]

it does look similar to some Alembic's  the originator of the hippie sandwich .  I think the shape works better for basses but it's a nice axe.

 

[line6man]

Yeah, the hippie sandwich look is ugly. And it could use a raw neck of a dark wood. But that Pale Moon Ebony is cool stuff.

 

[LushTone]

Lol hippie sandwich? That's pretty ridiculous. It's exotic wood shaped and matched in an artful way. Hippie sandwich! At least it doesn't have black sharkfin inlays. Aren't the majority of the best body shapes 'lopsided'? Actually, the light fretboard and dark top really makes it for me. Lame..

Anyway, it's not my guitar. Just defending my point of view.

 

[Corey P.]

I dig it - looks cooler in the playing position.

 

[DangerousR6]

it does look similar to some Alembic's  the originator of the hippie sandwich .  I think the shape works better for basses but it's a nice axe.

Kinda what I was thinking...more of a bass shape, but I do like the combination of woods... :dontknow:

 

[line6man]

Lol hippie sandwich? That's pretty ridiculous. It's exotic wood shaped and matched in an artful way. Hippie sandwich! At least it doesn't have black sharkfin inlays. Aren't the majority of the best body shapes 'lopsided'? Actually, the light fretboard and dark top really makes it for me. Lame..

Anyway, it's not my guitar. Just defending my point of view.

That's the name of the style. I think the term was coined by Jerry Garcia or something.

 

[dmraco]

it has too many strings.... :doh:

 

[ThtOthrPrsn]

Not a fan of the body shape, but I LOVE the combination of woods, especially that (what seems to be) Pale Moon Ebony fretboard!!  :icon_biggrin:

 

[dmraco]

Not a fan of the body shape, but I LOVE the combination of woods, especially that (what seems to be) Pale Moon Ebony fretboard!!  :icon_biggrin:

I say a block of that ebony at a woodworking shop this weekend.  About the size of a SMALL lunch box.  They were asking over $100 for it.  The color was so distinct it looked like a black and white cookie!!

 

[dmraco]

Not a fan of the body shape, but I LOVE the combination of woods, especially that (what seems to be) Pale Moon Ebony fretboard!!  :icon_biggrin:

I saw a block of that ebony at a woodworking shop this weekend.  About the size of a SMALL lunch box.  They were asking over $100 for it.  The color was so distinct it looked like a black and white cookie!!

 

[sixstringsamurai]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_(guitar)
First paragraph:

Tiger was Jerry Garcia's main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin. The Tiger is named after the tiger inlaid on the preamp cover located on the guitar's top, just behind the tailpiece. The body features several layers of wood laminated together face-to-face in a configuration referred to as a[size=12pt] "Hippie sandwich" by employees of Alembic Inc., where Irwin worked for a brief period in the early 1970s. The combination of several heavy varieties of wood, plus solid brass binding and hardware results in an unusually heavy instrument that tips the scales at 13½ pounds. After Garcia began using a new Irwin guitar (known as "Rosebud") in December 1989, Tiger became his backup guitar. Due to a problem with Rosebud during the Grateful Dead concert on July 9, 1995, Tiger was the last guitar Garcia played publicly.[/size]

Not meant as a slam, it's just what they are called......

 

[ThtOthrPrsn]

Not a fan of the body shape, but I LOVE the combination of woods, especially that (what seems to be) Pale Moon Ebony fretboard!!  :icon_biggrin:

I saw a block of that ebony at a woodworking shop this weekend.  About the size of a SMALL lunch box.  They were asking over $100 for it.  The color was so distinct it looked like a black and white cookie!!

And I thought Ziricote was expensive! I can only imagine how much a fretboard sized plank would set someone back!  :sad:

 

[LushTone]

The term 'hippie sandwich' will never leave my mouth when referring to an attractive guitar. I looked up Alembic guitars and they are hideous in comparison to this one... :doh:

 

[LushTone]

On the Facebook page for the builder, the wood was in fact referred to as 'pale moon ebony'.  :hello2:


This guitars increases my urge to have a natural finished, yet exotic wood guitar.

 

[DustyCat]

i like the direction it is going  :-\