A video diary of the birth of the most amazing and optimal solid body, single cut Les Paul style guitar by finnish guitar luthier Juha Ruokangas.

“With the new design I want to step further back to the roots, but bring in my experience with certain wood species and structural elements I’ve found to improve tone, and challenge the physics – can I improve the playability and balance of this type guitar and still maintain the retroish appearance – and still cook it all up so that one can identify it as being my true original design?”  Says Juha Ruokangas at 300guitars.com during developing the Unicorn.

Follow the complete Unicorn diary at youtube

Unicorn #1 and #2

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