KeyserSoze Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 "A Comox Valley guitar maker, with just seven years of experience, nabbed a huge client for one of his custom-made creations — Slash.Luthier Reuben Forsland, 41, says he’s blown away that the former lead guitarist for Guns N’ Roses chose him out of eight luthiers from around North America, many of whom have 30 to 40 years of experience.“I was really excited,” the owner of JOI Guitars says with a grin. “To be this young ... and also this short into (my) career, this is really a good thing ... this is opportunity ... who knows what can happen.”The guitar is a birthday present to Slash from his wife Perla Ferrar. The choice of who would make the six-string acoustic guitar was narrowed down to luthiers who could offer a very rare kind of Honduran mahogany; Forsland was one of just eight in North America.“It’s very, very good sounding,” says Forsland. “It’s one-of-a-kind.”The wood certainly is one-of-a-kind as it comes from one particular tree, which was cut down in 1965 in a Honduran jungle. The tree fell into a deep ravine and stayed there until the early 1980s, when it was quartered then removed. Most of the tree was made into furniture but, because the sound is exceptional, the furniture is re-used for instruments; the piece used in the body of the guitar Forsland is making used to be a table."Full Interview/news report here: http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/283243871.htmlprogress on the guitar back from November: http://joiguitars.com/slash-guitar/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppetiteForGnR Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 A present to Slash or from Slash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I suppose that, in the Hudson household, is the equivalent of buying your wife a DIY tool: ''look luv wot I got ya for Christmas, a spirit level?'' (Wife, with a face like a smacked arse), ''oh, just what I have always wanted''. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndaRose Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 please change the title, it is confusing, it says that Slash bought Perla a present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 please change the title, it is confusing, it says that Slash bought Perla a presentShit, I went totally dyslexic when I was reading that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The little story behind the tree is nice. Good gesture from Perla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndaRose Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 not a surprise gift at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hieverybody Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 oh perla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) A present to Slash or from Slash?My guess is, the present is for Slash, probably paid for by Slash's cash. Chosen by Purla. Given it's shape, I guess it was no surprise at all. Similar to receiving a Toblerone bar, but a bit more expensive. Edited December 20, 2014 by star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuzeville Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 A present to Slash or from Slash?My guess is, the present is for Slash, probably paid for by Slash's cash. Chosen by Purla. SO it's really a gift from his son, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 http://acousticguitar.com/welcome-to-the-jungle/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-W.A.R- Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 JOI...Guitarsinteresting name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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