Join Richard Hoover in the Santa Cruz Guitar Company wood room as he takes the time to thoroughly explain the nuances and versatility of Redwood, what Redwood means to Richard personally, and how it all plays into our mission of making the best sounding instrument for a specific player.

1 00:00 Introduction
2 00:36 Mythbusting Agenda: science, not opinion.
3 03:05 The Variety of Redwood as a Guitar Top
4 05:36 Scale of Clarity and the SCGC Approach to Luthiery
6 09:27 SCGC Redwood Options and Provenances
7 10:55 Why do old guitars sound better?
8 11:32 Ethics of Responsible Harvest
9 12:40 What Redwood means to Richard Hoover
10 13:44 An Aboriginal and PNW Native American Perspective on Redwood
11 18:18 Alignment to Companies with a Cause
12 19:45 Partnering with Marvel Woods
13 21:16 Bob Taylor
14 22:42 A note on Figured Redwood for luthiers
15 23:53 Modal Analysis coming soon

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