TONEWOODS, PART ONE: WOODN’T IT BE NICE?
The guitar is a magical instrument, but its construction is almost completely practical. There’s nothing mysterious about the components. The mystery is how these components, in the hands of a master luthier, can come together to create something special. It starts with ”tonewood” – that category of timber that helps make the magic happen. Actually, many of the timbers used in guitar building are used in other fields of manufacture (such as furniture) and are not regarded with the same awe. We call them tonewoods
