Ah! Simplicio! This is one of those guitars The Simplicio is a very dark, lush, and sweet sounding guitar. I wouldn’t hesitate to use the word Velvet for this guitar. The treble is there but in a very rounded, pillow like way with a soft feel. The basses are full but not biting like a more modern guitar. The slightly smaller scale makes it a super comfortable guitar to play, that feels “easy” instead of small. The look of this guitar is really quite seductive with its extended and ornately carved headstock, the great use of green for the back purfling, the waves of color in the mahogany, and especially the color of the spruce top that can only come from age, age and more age (and possibly being in a house of smokers!). The guitar has two repaired cracks on the back, one on the top, a filled string ding, and a small area of separation on the binding but these fade into minor details as the first notes as played.