A while back, there was a thread about getting creative with a guitar build. The original thought was an all spruce guitar, with curved sides, and a bunch of other, untried/uncommon guitar principles. I posted that there were already all spruce guitars in the past, and some made more recently by Boucher guitars. As a follow up, see this video:
The most important part is the sound of the Boucher guitar, and the comments by the guitar player. You cannot get a true sound out of the video, based on Youtube compressing the audio, the influence of your own speaker set up, microphone distance and angle, and the minute variations of the player himself strumming plucking the strings. I have never played a D-41, nor have I played a Boucher, but I have heard a Boucher being played, and it sounded really, really good. The takeaway should be that the Boucher is a good/great guitar guitar, and it would be really interesting to see what an all spruce Boucher would sound like.
Another data point, with Robin Boucher, the guy who runs the factory at Boucher guitars. His brother, Claude, was/is the designer:
On of the things to note is his expertise with Red Spruce (i.e Adirondack), and that he used to grade 15,000-20,000 Red Spruce tops a year. Adirondack (Red) Spruce is not as rare as many would have you believe.
The most important part is the sound of the Boucher guitar, and the comments by the guitar player. You cannot get a true sound out of the video, based on Youtube compressing the audio, the influence of your own speaker set up, microphone distance and angle, and the minute variations of the player himself strumming plucking the strings. I have never played a D-41, nor have I played a Boucher, but I have heard a Boucher being played, and it sounded really, really good. The takeaway should be that the Boucher is a good/great guitar guitar, and it would be really interesting to see what an all spruce Boucher would sound like.
Another data point, with Robin Boucher, the guy who runs the factory at Boucher guitars. His brother, Claude, was/is the designer:
On of the things to note is his expertise with Red Spruce (i.e Adirondack), and that he used to grade 15,000-20,000 Red Spruce tops a year. Adirondack (Red) Spruce is not as rare as many would have you believe.
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