Jonathan bought this beautiful guitar earlier this year in Bangkok, where he performed at the yearly Thailand International Jazz Conference. The guitar is made by a local luthier, named Oz, who is a professional jazz guitarist and who loves archtops. He started building guitars during the Covid period when there was not much work for performing artists. Since then he developed his skill to the current high level. After returning home, Jonathan was so thrilled by his new guitar, that he called Lionel Loueke, who immediately ordered one with 7-strings. That one is now in production and will be finished soon. As a frequent visitor to Thailand I already know Oz for years and own two of his previous hand-carved custom models. When I visited him two weeks ago, just to say hello, I was not planning to buy another guitar at all. But when I tried a few of his prototypes I was sold. What makes it so interesting is that, besides maple, spruce, mahogany, Oz makes use of local woods. Jonathan's guitar, for example, is made of rare local Thai fossil wood for back and sides, and toona wood (somewhat similar to Australian red cedar) for the top. Oz is an amazing guy. Besides archtops he brews his own beer (Jonathan loved it!), roasts his own coffee, and distills the best plum liquor I ever had. Lionel's guitar is nr 91. Mine will be 92. After seeing Jonathan's YouTube video I thought it would be a good idea to share this information with you. As Jonathan would say: check them out
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