This chunk (and several others) just arrived. It will be a few years before it can be used as tops as the wood is too wet, but still, in case you are planning on a 2019 Alembic, this might be the wood for you. 

Hmmm. 50th Anniversary Models? =)

Walnut ?

I see a cartoon pelican's head just above and to the left of the hand on the right.  Just  below it, to the left, is a hand or wing reaching out to pluck strings.  It would be cool to orient it in this way on a top so that the grain appeared as if the guitar is playing itself!
 
Bill, tgo

Quote from: lbpesq on January 26, 2016, 09:45:45 PM
I see a cartoon pelican's head just above and to the left of the hand on the right.  Just  below it, to the left, is a hand or wing reaching out to pluck strings.  It would be cool to orient it in this way on a top so that the grain appeared as if the guitar is playing itself!

Bill, tgo

You did very good observation! The piece of wood is very colored so we can see so many characters on it, if we are good in predicting cartoons of faces in random shading.