Just shipped out one of the coolest that we’ve ever made. This one’s going to Daisy Spencer who’s currently touring with Olivia Rodrigo… (you may have heard Olivia’s song “good 4 u” or “traitor” perhaps?)

Well Daisy ordered this one prior to getting the tour, and we’d be stoked to build it regardless, but it is a bit of icing on the cake for all involved. Congrats again Daisy!

So this Growler then… when we started talking Daisy wanted a surface finish like a hammered copper cup, the kind you drink a Moscow Mule out of. I’ve been messing with hammered paint textures but then I remembered that Lacewood already looks sort of hammered AND has a copper hue to it. So I procured a piece from @parkerville_wp in CT, re-sawed it for a book matched top, and here we are.

Lacewood top Growler

I added some copper metallic to the first coat of clear to give it a little shimmer too. Because of the grain orientation, when I resawed the wood for a book match top, the grain has a 3D quality with some real movement from the quartersawn middle to the wider edge.

Lacewood top with 5 ply purfling and binding edge.

Here are the specs: 25.5” scale, 1.625” nut, Macassar ebony fretboard and headcap, mahogany body and neck, white binding and purfling (which ends up tinted by the lacquer to warm things up) and parchment pickguard and backplates. The wonderful open top pickups are mini humbuckers made by @geminipickups mounted in P90 style rings. Wired up with @vintageinspiredpickups 550k potentiometers and a vintage .033 Erie cap. @mojoaxe_custom_guitar_parts wraparound bridge as most Growlers get. All aged or raw nickel parts.

Mahogany body and neck with cream backplate

We’re pleased as punch with this one. Can’t wait until it arrives to its new home, on the road with Daisy.

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