The guitar world has an impressive fact. Parent and child guitar makers use the same materials and the same system to make exactly the same guitar, and the results will never be the same. Hauser II never produced the same quality guitar as his father Hauser I. Manuel Reyes Manuel Reyes (son) never made a guitar of the same quality as his father Manuel Reyes (father). Contreras II Contreras II never produced the same quality guitar as his father, Contreras I. So we can continue to reason like this. Sometimes, the son’s guitar quality is more than or equal to the quality of his father’s guitar. People want to know what is the reason? how could this be? Is this because the father kept his son secret about making guitars？ No, the father has no reservations about his son. Father will also provide the best materials for his son.
The answer is that the process of making a guitar by every producer is very human.
Each producer uses their hands and their unique sensitivity and experience to give each guitar a unique and unrepeatable sound quality. No one in history can completely replicate the sound quality of another guitar from someone else’s hand. Even fathers and sons who work together all the year round can’t do it. For you, this may be a somewhat unrealistic statement. So I will explain it further by reasoning in this article.
I think you will understand and will agree with me.
The same is true in the kitchen. Many times, two people use the same amount of raw materials, the same ingredients and the same steps to make the same dish. The result is that the taste of the dishes is different. And always tastes different. When you look at the difference between the guitars of high-quality guitar makers, you need to consider a very important and essential thing. This is an interpretation of wood. Everyone’s interpretation of wood is unique.
The guitar maker takes a piece of wood and he will use the piece of wood to make a guitar and interpret it. In other words, based on his sensitivity, talent and experience, he knows how to handle it. He knows how to polish the piece of wood to the right thickness and density so that the guitar sounds wonderful and gives him the sound quality he likes.
Every guitar producer has his own unique insights in this area, and others cannot copy them. Every producer has a different interpretation of the wood in his hand.
From this point of view, guitar producers may not have high quality wood in their hands.
But despite the use of such wood, he can perform well, making the guitar the same result as the guitar with high quality wood. Because the producer knows the depth of the wood.
We introduce a metaphor for you to understand: A great painter can not only draw on high-quality canvas, but also make good paintings on the white walls of the street.
What matters is his hand, his spirituality, his talent…These are far more than the materials used in his paintings. Of course, if you have good materials then it is better.
Making high quality guitars is very complicated. Guitar makers must choose between a variety of methods after learning and studying the hundreds of details of guitar making.
Other than that, his sensitivity, his wisdom, his experience, his talent… Everyone in these areas is unique. We should understand that every guitar from the hands of high-quality guitar makers is a unique work that can never be repeated or copied.