Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself, is to just hang on – Srinivas

From Wikipedia

“ Sisu is extraordinary determination in the face of extreme adversity, and courage that is presented typically in situations where success is unlikely. It expresses itself in taking action against the odds, and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity; in other words, deciding on a course of action, and then adhering to it even if repeated failures ensue. It is in some ways similar to equanimity, though sisuentails an element of stress management.

The English “gutsy” invokes a similar metaphor (one also found in other languages): the Finnish usage derives from sisus, translated as “interior”, and as “entrails” or “guts”. See also the colloquial phrase “intestinal fortitude“. Another closely related English concept evokes the metaphor grit. ”

This one’s for my buddy Srinivas. We met years ago on sevenstring.org and he’d introduced me to @karankatiyar.in and another killer guitarist Jude. Over the past years we’ve geeked out on all things guitar and this year was time to get a guitar made. We tossed around a handful of names, another one was HOLDFAST inspired from Bosch. After some back and forth we came up with this design and I dug around in my stash of wood and found some incredible pieces from my buddies @laroseguitars(body wood) @secretstashhardwoods (walnut top) and @quality_woods (neck blank). Everything is made with the @shapertools Origin as per usual. I’m excited to deliver this to Srinivas and see his reaction! It’ll also be the first time we’ve met despite knowing each other for something like 7-8 years. This is easily one of the most beautiful and unique walnut tops I’ve ever used. I couldn’t be happier that it’ll be with my friend.
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Specs:
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Body Wood: Black Limba @laroseguitars
Top Wood: Unicorn Grade One piece Claro Walnut @secretstashhardwoods
Neck Wood : Wenge/Mahog/Maple @quality_woods
Fretboard Wood: Flamed Ebony
Scale Length: 26in/24 frets @jescarmusic Evo Gold
Pickups: @emgpickups Crossroads/89TW w/SPC+EXG
Hardware: @hipshotproducts
Knobs: @490mfg
Finish: @odiesoil Super Duper Oil//Butter/Wax
Strings: @stringjoy 11-50 Drop C
@alliedlutherie truss rod
@schallergmbh strap locks