Magic Wood
It’s only a matter of time on a guitar builder’s blog before you get a post about wood species. I’ll spare you the tonewood debate and the graph of wood densities. Instead, this one’s more of a story.
It’s only a matter of time on a guitar builder’s blog before you get a post about wood species. I’ll spare you the tonewood debate and the graph of wood densities. Instead, this one’s more of a story.
We’re still here building guitars, feeling very privileged to be doing what we love (all totally separate from one another and following the guidelines, mind). The main focus has of course been the health and livelihood of my team members and making any adjustments needed, and I think we’re just about settling into some kind of ‘new normal’.
Those of you who came by at the NAMM Show this year saw that we have some big news: we are very proud to present a new addition to the lineup of Nik Huber guitars.
It’s a good question. Especially as our workshop is over 400km from the sea. But my connection to dolphins has grown right alongside my career as a guitar builder, and I think they’re an even more fitting symbol now than when I first had the idea over 25 years ago.
My father came back from a guitar building course in Formentera, Spain and I caught the bug. I knew pretty quickly that there was no going back, and so in September 1993, for the first time, I held in my hands my very own guitar. But what next?