I could not resist ordering this Iris with a beautiful limited edition hand painted Sarah Ryan top (one of 10 produced and almost certainly the only lefty). As Iris says, “This year Sarah took inspiration from the forests of our beautiful homeland of Vermont. The hand-painted details include what you might find on a hike through the Green Mountain State, such as: oak leaves with acorns, alder pinecones, trillium and a black bear (you never know!).”
This is an OG model, customized with a 1 3/4 nut. Scalloped Adirondack spruce bracing, a bolt-on mortise and tenon neck, 2 7/32 bridge spacing, Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, open pore sating nitrocellulose finish, bone nut and saddle and Golden Age relic brass tuners. With TKL case.
Iris says: “The original Iris that put us on the map: The OG Model. It has a comfortable 25” scale and an equally comfy C-shape neck.”
”Overall, it has a warm and dry voice, with an impressive midrange response. It takes equally well to being strummed with a pick or fingerpicked, in standard or open tunings, and it has a generous amount of headroom and projection.” — Acoustic Guitar, July/Aug 2019”
Iris says: “This mid-thirties style guitar, with its short scale, is a wonderful complement to our line of small bodied Iris.”
Here is a nice demo of an OG with a previous Sarah Ryan design:
Condition: New; Top: Sitka spruce; Back and sides: Mahogany; Neck: Mahogany; Nut: 1 3/4; Width: 14.5; Depth: 4 5/8; Scale: 25; Binding: Ivoroid; Purfling: b/w/b; Rosette: ivoroid; Orientation: Lefthanded (of course)
