Hi Jay,
Yes, pretty sure the maple did come from one tree.
Dave Olson was the one who was trying to "save" or at least give a second life to the old growth englemann trees that were going to be cut down...so he was guessing which tree my top was from based on the striping pattern of the top. He couldn't be positive but it's still cool to know exactly where the trees were harvested from that made our minis.
This was my first Taylor too... And several weeks after that I had another one
, a 324 that I "accidentally" won in an ebay auction for a great price. Maybe you will have another at some point as well!