Froggy Bottom Raffle for Sean Aaberg, Fri, May 1st, 2020 @ 12:20 PM Accelevents

The final ticket sold on May 26th and a winner was drawn and notified.

Thank you to all who participated by buying tickets or making a donation. We raised almost $28,000 for the cause.

Michael reports: "The winner is a very gracious and good hearted woman from Washington State who will really enjoy this guitar!"

The Cause

In September, 2018, our friend Sean Aaberg–father of three, husband, and visual artist–suffered a massive stroke, died, and was resuscitated.

The stroke severely weakened his left side; he lost his ability to speak, to walk, and even to breathe.

After three months in a succession of hospitals–when he could breathe on his own again–Sean was discharged to an intensive care rehab facility. With daily support from his family, Sean made the transition to home care and rehabilitative therapies just before the New Year in 2019.

Two years out, he has yet to able to return to work.

“I’ve been a strong, independent, and helpful person all my life. Having this stroke has weakened me and made me dependent in unprecedented ways.
“I’m a visual artist: I haven’t been able to draw with my left hand this whole time. The good news is I’m feeling physically and mentally healthy; recovery–though going at a snail’s pace–has been trending upwards.
I’m learning how to draw with my right hand, but it’s going to be a long time before I am able to execute work that I want to sign my name to.
“This raffle will really help us; with my entire family, I am deeply grateful.
–Sean Aaberg

The Prize

Our next raffle guitar is an F-14, DeLuxe Grade, of truly magnificent seventy-five year old cocobolo and Adirondack spruce. With a moderate scale length of 25.25”, it’s easy on the left hand, yet still has a lot of power and is extremely versatile. The overtones and sparkle of the Adirondack top are well balanced by the hardness of the cocobolo back and sides, so the quietest bare fingers work is as remarkable as driving leads or powerful rhythm playing.

Decoratively, this is a quietly elegant guitar from which the natural beauty of the wood speaks most clearly.

For years I have balked at guitar people insisting that Cocobolo is “just like Brazilian rosewood.” Cocobolo is a harder wood, much more oily, and most of it looks NOTHING like Brazilian rosewood. If there is any confusion about which species a particular piece of wood may be, a quick sniff of the material will identify which it is in a moment.

But every once in a great while, I come across a set of cocobolo which looks and sounds EXACTLY like Brazilian rosewood. Back in 1975 I obtained a couple planks of Cocobolo like that. This F-14 Deluxe is made of this wood; it will require your nose to tell you with any certainty that the back and sides of this guitar are NOT actually prime quality Brazilian wood.

Our F-14 is a full-size (16” or 0000) guitar with a moderate (25.25”) scale length. Think versatility here, a guitar that will do just about everything well, from bare-fingered ballads to Bluegrass. The cocobolo gives it a strong fundamental punch and the Adi top lends a beautiful “sparkle” to the edge of the notes.

Current retail value of this guitar is $17,265. It will be shipped to the lucky winner of the raffle by FedEx Overnight at no charge.

For this raffle, we will sell 1250 tickets @ $25 each or 5/$100.

We hope to close the raffle on or before May 15, 2021, but actual closing will be when 1250 tickets have been sold.

The drawing will be held within 24 hours of the raffle closing, and I will personally contact the winner to arrange delivery.

Terms and Conditions

Michael Millard
Froggy Bottom Guitars
February, 2021

Raffle will close at 8:00 pm May 15, 2021, or when 1250 tickets have been sold.

Drawing will be held within 24 hours of raffle closing

Ticket Prices:

One for $25
Five for $100
No limit!

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Michael MillardOrganizer of Froggy Bottom Raffle for Sean Aaberg