"Tuning" & Building Acoustic Guitars Like a Stradivari Violin with Santa Cruz Luthier Richard Hoover

[@OpenDGuitar]

I interviewed Richard thirty years ago for a documentary…he was super knowledgeable, and very gracious. He describes something here that I recently experienced…in getting a custom guitar (Gallagher)…I didn’t tell them too many specs beyond basic model and adornments…instead, they listened to me play over the course of a day, and determined how to brace my guitar for the way I play. Excellent video here with a master.

[@minigunjonesgaming]

What an amazing and brilliant man , and with the heart want to share it with the world !! Guitar industry I hope is thankful , really enjoyed this .

[@DelNoah81]

Richard Hoover rules.

[@locrianmode-g9n]

and his guitars are as good as can be, if you can afford to order one to suit your needs.

[@dalgguitars]

This is a really fantastic video. Thank you.

[@scottfishkind5335]

I don’t have a Santa Cruz but one of my friends does and it is fabulous! Granted I have a Furch Yellow Master’s Chiice and that is an amazing guitar as well, so I’m hardly deprived!!

[@CenterThePendulum]

I started using an app to run spectral analysis on my guitars. It revealed a lot.

[@ricjoorg]

Fascinating. And sublime!

[@jamesabbiati5775]

Great set of videos ...

[@elginphelps5291]

One day at Sylvan Music in in Santa Cruz, I played 22 SCGC guitars. I found 2 that really spoke to me tonally. All were good; two were great. Of course, that's just MY opinion.

[@karlderdelinckx]

This is great!

[@jackbombeeck4958]

When you find the resonant frequency of the box doesn't go well with the top, then why do you not remove wood from the back? Or does the back not contribute to the box's frequency? Also: is the back+bracing also tuned for harmonicity before being glued to the sides?

[@timnotbrianmay]

THIS.... IS... BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!... NO!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!!!!!!!! A long time ago I saw a Nova special (of course, on PBS!) about the Stradivarius... Most of what they found was because he used wet seasoned wood, being in Venice, Italy... He may have accidentally fell into the REST!... "Tune it to the note that NO ONE WILL EVER PLAY! "!!!!!!!!!!

[@estudiantedeciclos5973]

Once upon a time, luthier Antonio de Torres answer thats he know the sound of the guitar measuring whit his hand...

[@modelcitizen1977]

Just a tap, tap, taperoooo

[@gregholmberg2]

Hmm. I expected less myth and metaphor, more engineering. Trevor Gore, we need you!

[@edwardkim1349]

[@HReadDavis]

Don’t let Jim Lill see this 😳

[@jonasplaysguitar]

Why not? Evidence based, debunking folklore myths, should be right up Jim's alley

[@philipchung9497]

The sound of a guitar mostly depends on how its braced.