Some beautiful guitars

[Martan]

Rare that my jaw literally drops from pictures of guitars, but here we are:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metcollects/the-four-seasons


Check out the write up and the pics.

I think I'd be OK with Spring or Winter

[cooder]

Superbly insane and beyond belief...
Mother of Pearl and Abalone inlays on the inside of a guitar...

Very richly decorated and still full of style, that's also a great achievement. With that amount of detail things can get overwhelming and loose it too easily. This is fab though and my jaw is also down on the floor.

[Zigcat]

I would be too afraid to own one. "Well, don't point even!"

[Muadzin]

Obsessive compulsive attention to detail is what differentiates the true master craftsmen from the rest of us. Good enough is just not part of their vocabulary.

[TNblueshawk]

I'd love to have 1/10th of the skillz to build that guitar or any like it.

[lars]

It's probably just me, but I found it funny that for these guitars that are so over-the-top and rare/valuable, they have plain ol' D'Addario strings that you can get anywhere. Not that those aren't great strings, but you would expect La Bella Vapor Shields or Elixir Nanowebs; something expensive.
I guess fancy strings really are just bogus marketing hype, as expected.

[nzCdog]

Whole lotta time and effort went into those

[MJ_Sound_Cubed]

Thanks for sharing,

[micromegas]

Anthony Wilson (also known as Diana Krall's guitar player) recorded some songs with the so-called `Seasons Quartet`, uniting 4 of the top-range jazz guitar players of this era:

Here is a session at Fretboard Journal with different guitars (but same players, except Steve Cardenas), I guess the original guitars won't leave the Met...:

And another video of Anthony Wilson with each guitar: