| James Goodall built his first guitar in 1972 with a borrowed table saw, bandsaw, router and little help. He taught himself how to work with wood: “I woke up one morning with an obsession to make and play a musical instrument. Being a seascape artist, I traded one of my oil paintings to make my first guitar. Since guitar construction books were not available at that time, I had to teach myself luthierie."
The top priority is tone. Everything from the selection of the top and back woods, to the cavity size, to the quartered, split, and shaved bracing, to the bridge design and mass, to the type and thickness of the lacquer finish. All these things and many others matter - they are the heart of true tone. |
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