times article how to build a guitar- Martin

[mavuser]

pretty cool read.

How to Build a Guitar (Published 2020)

For The New York Times for Kids, the photographer Christopher Payne visited the Martin Guitars factory to see how humans and machines make music.

www.nytimes.com

 

[SFIV1967]

Great pictures and description! I love such factory pictures. I took the factory tour in Nazareth some years ago and it is well worth it.

One picture shows something that would always confuse me: That "misplaced" EDIT: "offset" headstock veneer. I don't like it at all if they line the grain up to one side instead of centered, it always looks like a bended headstock...

Ralf

 

[Coop47]

One picture shows something that would always confuse me: That "misplaced" headstock veneer. I don't like it at all if they line the grain up to one side instead of centered, it always looks like a bended headstock...

Interesting - never noticed that before. I wonder if cutting it with one side parallel to the grain (like on the bass side of the headstock in the picture) saves wood.

 

[SFIV1967]

Interesting - never noticed that before. I wonder if cutting it with one side parallel to the grain (like on the bass side of the headstock in the picture) saves wood.

Not sure. It's just that I personally prefer them in parallel to the neck, like on those examples:

Ralf

 

[Coop47]

Not sure. It's just that I personally prefer them in parallel to the neck, like on those examples:

Me too - now I'm fighting the urge to look at mine because I'm sure it will drive me nuts if they're not.

 

[dreadnut]

Great article, thanks for posting!

 

[sailingshoes72]

A difference of opinion is one of the things that makes the world an interesting place! I recently purchased a new Martin OO-18. It has the offset grain in the Rosewood headstock veneer as shown in the photo in post #2. It was one of the visual appointments that I really like about the guitar. Once the tuners are installed, and the decal is placed, it creates a subtle but pleasing contrast!

 

[Coop47]

A difference of opinion is one of the things that makes the world an interesting place! I recently purchased a new Martin OO-18. It has the offset grain in the Rosewood headstock veneer as shown in the photo in post #2. It was one of the visual appointments that I really like about the guitar. Once the tuners are installed, and the decal is placed, it creates a subtle but pleasing contrast!

Totally agree - I remember a passionate debate about gold foil headstock logos on the Martin forum. Would love to see a pic of yours! (And "offset" is a much friendlier term than "misplaced".)

 

[SFIV1967]

And "offset" is a much friendlier term than "misplaced".

And you are right, I even edited my post!
Ralf

 

[twocorgis]

Finally got around to reading this article, and it looks like our old friend Frank Untermyer from LMG I is now director of supply-chain management for Martin. I think he's had at least one stop before getting to Martin since he left Guild

 

[SFIV1967]

it looks like our old friend Frank Untermyer from LMG I is now director of supply-chain management for Martin. I think he's had at least one stop before getting to Martin since he left Guild

He left Guild already in 2012! And started in October 2012 at Martin.

Frank U. news...

Hope this isn't old news, but I heard from Frank Untermyer today, and he's landed safe and sound in Nazareth, PA. Starting on Monday (also Frank's birthday!), he takes charge as Martin's Director of Supply Chain. Happy that he landed in a great place, and thought I'd share the good news.

letstalkguild.com

Ralf