Scott

That is a piece of ash from a tree killed by the Emerald Ash Borer.  The entire
guitar came out of that log - top, back, sides, and neck.  It grew on top of the
mountain that John Henry died tunneling under in Talcott, WV, on my friend's
farm of 47 years.  John was the steel driving man, but I didn't know how to make
a steel guitar, and besides, no steel was growing on top of that mountain;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/29074488905/in/album-72157671458169080/

Here is what it sounds like 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/33302521255/in/album-72157671458169080/

I think I posted this here about 3 years ago.  There were a lot of firsts for me
with this one -  1) A resonator, 2) A guitar made from wood I harvested, 3) A
guitar made entirely from the same log, which I have never seen before, 4) a
rosette around the cover plate of a resonator, which I have never seen before,
5) carved wooden grills, which I have never seen before, 6) using cross-grained
slices of the back for fretboard binding, which I have never seen before, 7)
carving my first neck, complete with Martin volute.

Ed Minch