181 B.C Ancient Sinker Cypress Guitar Top Black and vibrant golden-yellow color

and vibrant golden-yellow color

• Knife scales

Burls are abnormal growths on the tree

Red oak burl refers to the burl wood that comes from the red oak tree (Quercus rubra)

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181 B.C Ancient Sinker Cypress Guitar Top Black and vibrant golden-yellow colorThis guitar body top is from an Ancient Sinker Cypress Stump (radiocarbon dated it back to 181 B. C) in Southern Louisiana we recovered. It was found by a pipeline crew while they were digging out for a new pipeline. They hit this massive 12,000 lbs stump 30 ft below the surface. According to a researcher that studies the Living Ancient Cypress on the Black River in North Carolina, this was a significant find. He encouraged us to send a small core