I built this guitar with a redwood top sourced from the bottom of the half century old aging tanks at the  Charles Krug Winery.  
It was jokingly called “Bob” ( for the Bottom Of the Barrel)while it was being built and the name stuck. I am offering one of these guitars each year with an exclusive Charles Krug label signed by the winery owners and auctioned with 100% of all money going to the Napa County Education Foundation to support the  school music programs. The non-Charles Krug guitars are also offered for sale when available directly and at Mighty Fine Guitars- Lafayette, CA.

You can hear it by clicking on the photo at the bottom of this page. 

Stevie Coyle at Mighty Fine Guitars    and writer for Acoustic Guitar magazine wrote      “”One would expect an acoustic guitar whose price hovers in the mid-four-figures to sound fabulous and look wonderful. And David Heitzman’s remarkable B. o. b. guitars do not disappoint on either front. “Warm chocolate” is perhaps the best way to describe both the appearance as well as the sonics of these unusual instruments.  But being fashioned, as they are, from wine-soaked redwood barrel wood, Mr. Heitzman’s guitars envelop the player’s senses in a new and unusual and wonderful way. “Re-purposing,” indeed! “”

I have been able to get very good clarity but also a tremendous amount of overtones with this wood , it combines some of the best qualities of spruce and cedar. Many have commented on its good balance from bass to mids to trebles. The sound of this wine tank Redwood has been termed “complex” because of the richness of its overtones. It has rich and strong harmonics similar to Western Red Cedar and crisper, punchy treble frequencies reminiscent of spruce and an overall sonic character similar of the much prized best guitars from the 1930’s. This redwood , from the wine vats, has lovely acoustic qualities but also happen to look fabulous—and of course the story behind it is very compelling. And yes, you can smell the wine.

      Spruce or Redwood are not used on the back and sides because they are subject to the most abuse and they dent, crack, and split much more easily than a harder wood such as a very hard Rosewood.  The back couples to the front acoustically and it absorbs, reflects and distributes the musical vibrations.  It functions as a sort of tone control. Rosewood has been accepted as the first choice for guitars because of its beauty, resistance to damage and abuse, and most of all how it complements and evens the tone of the soundboard. (The Rosewood used on this guitar is plantation grown in India, it is not forest harvested). Redwood has a darker tone and Rosewood tends to accentuate a brighter sound.  These two woods complement each other for a even tonal match.
     The resulting guitar built with Redwood from the Krug winery has exceeded my expectations. . It sounds great in big, open alternate tunings, and it has a lush sound that fingerstyle  guitarists really love. It has a familiar yet   darker tone, very nice for jazz,  Brazilian music,  “finger style” guitar and not too bad for blues.  Probobly the best instrument that I have ever made in my 44 year long luthier career.

     Here is the Charles Krug Winery “Bob” guitar in concert at the winery.  Click on the photo to the left to hear a clip of the guitar.