Why are they different?
Custom Shop Made! Not Just Customized.
The sought after "VINTAGE PRE-WAR" acoustic guitars so highly regarded today, were built then as we build now!
Not by an unknown number of hands, rather by a single artisan using their skill to make the best instrument possible.
For example: The sound of an acoustic guitar is primarily generated by the top and there is no one correct size for the measurement of depth . Different wood densities and moisture content dictate that each one must be unique. In a factory it's just not possible to construct them this way and so they're made the same " good enough".
If you have gone to the guitar supermarket and tried several guitars of the same model and wondered why they vary so much, part of the answer is that they were made as if all of the wood were the same, but it's not. Let's face it, some of it should have been a beautiful coffee table but now it's a guitar.
"Handmade guitars are not manufactured goods in the same sense that factory made guitars are manufactured goods. Each is made differently, for different purposes and different markets, and with different intent, aim and skills. Factories need to make instruments which are good enough to sell to a mass market. Luthiers need to make instruments which are successful tools for musicians. Comparing a handmade guitar to a factory made one is analogous to comparing an original oil painting with a toaster."
Master Luthier Ervin Somogyi http://www.esomogyi.com/handmade.html
"So what, precisely, makes this special category of guitars so different from the rest? To start with, they are made individually, by individual artisans.
The quest for perfect uniformity, although a goal in large production, is rarely the luthier's goal. Optimization of design usually is."
Master Luthier William Cumpiano
http://www.cumpiano.com/Home/Articles/Articles/guitscene.html
We offer custom Instruments
built to optimize your performance style.
Custom Shop Made! Not Just Customized.
The sought after "VINTAGE PRE-WAR" acoustic guitars so highly regarded today, were built then as we build now!
Not by an unknown number of hands, rather by a single artisan using their skill to make the best instrument possible.
For example: The sound of an acoustic guitar is primarily generated by the top and there is no one correct size for the measurement of depth . Different wood densities and moisture content dictate that each one must be unique. In a factory it's just not possible to construct them this way and so they're made the same " good enough".
If you have gone to the guitar supermarket and tried several guitars of the same model and wondered why they vary so much, part of the answer is that they were made as if all of the wood were the same, but it's not. Let's face it, some of it should have been a beautiful coffee table but now it's a guitar.
"Handmade guitars are not manufactured goods in the same sense that factory made guitars are manufactured goods. Each is made differently, for different purposes and different markets, and with different intent, aim and skills. Factories need to make instruments which are good enough to sell to a mass market. Luthiers need to make instruments which are successful tools for musicians. Comparing a handmade guitar to a factory made one is analogous to comparing an original oil painting with a toaster."
Master Luthier Ervin Somogyi http://www.esomogyi.com/handmade.html
"So what, precisely, makes this special category of guitars so different from the rest? To start with, they are made individually, by individual artisans.
The quest for perfect uniformity, although a goal in large production, is rarely the luthier's goal. Optimization of design usually is."
Master Luthier William Cumpiano
http://www.cumpiano.com/Home/Articles/Articles/guitscene.html
We offer custom Instruments
built to optimize your performance style.
We believe that every musician is unique and their guitar should be as well.
Many choices have to be made to tailor the right fit.
Custom is a lot more then offering you 3 colors and 2 headstocks designs to chose from.
We consider your body size, hand size, style of play, as well as the choices of guitar body size, guitar body style, neck size, neck design, scale length, range of tunings you require, as well as sound woods and your amplification needs. We make every effort to build a guitar perfect for you.
Our Luthiers are artists who create art that is brought to life by the musicians who play our instruments. This is why we say that we offer "Guitars Musicians Love".
Many choices have to be made to tailor the right fit.
Custom is a lot more then offering you 3 colors and 2 headstocks designs to chose from.
We consider your body size, hand size, style of play, as well as the choices of guitar body size, guitar body style, neck size, neck design, scale length, range of tunings you require, as well as sound woods and your amplification needs. We make every effort to build a guitar perfect for you.
Our Luthiers are artists who create art that is brought to life by the musicians who play our instruments. This is why we say that we offer "Guitars Musicians Love".
Dave Fields above:
Winner of the " Best Self- Produced CD 2006
at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tn.
The Blues Foundation celebrates up and coming artists by bestowing an award for the "Best Self-Produced CD" More:
Winner of the " Best Self- Produced CD 2006
at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tn.
The Blues Foundation celebrates up and coming artists by bestowing an award for the "Best Self-Produced CD" More:
