Froggy Bottom D14 Deluxe

CloudNine

Sensational 2015 Froggy Bottom D14 Deluxe, built by Michael Millard and his small team in Vermont. The absolute best of the best, I think this would now cost circa £10k landed in the UK.

I have owned loads of boutique acoustics, Collings, Bourgeois, SCGC and others, and this is the absolute best Dreadnought I have played, deep bass, sparkling trebles, really works as strummer, flat picker or finger picker. An absolute dream guitar and if I wasn't moving away from dreadnoughts, there is no way I would be parting with it. People talk about some magic in Froggy Bottom guitars and it’s definitely a thing, they seem to have a huge amount of energy stored in them and takes no effort to pull great tones out of them, properly dynamic guitars. Have only ever played one other, but it had exactly the same qualities.

Michael Millard has stopped actively building himself in recent years and likely the ones that carry his name will be the preferred option on the used market in the future.

Superb condition, structurally perfect, no fretwear. Mastergrade Adirondack / EIR, Deluxe appointments with Abalone, Flame Maple bindings. There is a very minor scratch/mark, not through finish on the top, that was hard to photograph, other than that, really exceptional condition. Original case and documentation included.


Withdrawn while look at options via dealers.

CountryDave

Holy shitballs Batman
This and the Kirn.
  

stickyfiddle

Oof! That's the good stuff right there! GLWTS  

BigPaulie

Holy Mary, mother of God!

The top on that thing!

JakeLoosemore

This is absolutely bloody gorgeous 

CloudNine

Still here folks if anyone interested. Very very special guitar. If you have been on a mission to find a rosewood dread, this can definitely be the end of your journey. 

bermudianbrit

Thi sis exactly my kind of thing. Sadly a bit out of my price range for the next few months but in the highly, highly unlikely event that this is still around in 6 months...

CloudNine

Still available folks, despite many many moments of weakness about parting with it. 

Treewig1

Beautiful guitar 

maxd

How much are you asking, and whereabouts are you based?

CloudNine

@maxd   The Froggy is no longer for sale. Was only thinking about parting with it as convinced myself that smaller guitars were the way forward, but it’s just too good, can’t possibly do it. 

maxd

I noticed you'd mentioned that but since the ad was still here and no mention in the title of no longer for sale I thought perhaps you'd changed your mind.  It's good to find a guitar you can't let go of.

CloudNine

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CloudNine

The Froggy is back! At least until I get cold feet again…. 

Splitpot

Swap you for a Kent Everett Catalina? Adirondack and Brazilian Rosewood. I am selling this beautiful instrument as I prefer larger guitars, particularly Froggy Bottoms or Bowns.  

https://www.thefretcollective.co.uk/guitars/p/kent-everett-catalina-custom

CloudNine

@Splitpot  thanks for the offer, a very beautiful guitar, but not really looking for any trades.

Splitpot

OK, good luck with your sale. It's a lovely guitar.

CloudNine

CloudNine

Still for up for grabs! (I don’t open the case anymore, to avoid it getting taken off sale again, for what would be about the fifth time I think…)

Ultimate dread here if anyone is looking for one. 

digitalkettle

You'll need to sort some alternative image hosting since Imgur shit the bed ;-/

GLWTS.

CloudNine

Ahhh, thanks man!  @digitalkettle  I didn’t even notice….