KIM WALKER 03 | Tap Tone Wood

CustomGuitarVideo.com | See and hear this impressive demonstration how master luthier Kim Walker taps on tone wood to find the perfect choice for a guitar. Kim Walker is one of the sought after guitar makers in the world of high-end Gibson and Martin-style acoustic and archtop guitars. His waiting list is between 8 and 10 years. He gathered his impressive knowledge by restoring numerous vintage Lloyd Loars, pre-war Martins and some of the most prized D'Angelicos and D'Aquistos. Kim Walker was the head of the repair department of Gruhn's in Nashville before he opened up his little shop in Stonington, MA.

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Education

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• Tap
• Tone
• Wood
• Kim
• Walker
• Custom
• Acoustic
• Guitar
• Luthier

[mojoefly]

@kungarike i suggest you read his ordering policy on his website. he will not start building your guitar. only after 8 years he will ask for 30% downpayment of $14,000. before he actually starts. $500 gets you on the waiting list.

[kungarike]

@mojoefly Well, he builds very expensive guitars. And he has to pay for the materials, What if you custom order a guitar, then you fracture your wrist so you cant play for a few years and you want to cancel the order? Then he's left with a guitar or a half finished guitar build that nobody else might want to buy? Thats money down the drain. And a waste of rare woods.

[mojoefly]

just saw his website. 7 to 8 years waiting list. A 500 dollar non refundable deposit is to be made. hell what if hundreds of people made that deposit and the worst was to happen. lets say, you badly fractured your hands/arms or other things. I know its not a scam but It's certainly a new way of making a quick buck easy.

[mojoefly]

what is the characteristics of basswood? how do you define the sound?

[jp6l6]

Extraordinary video ! I'd like to progress in guitar building with him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mxsound7]

Well now we know gibson 3798 can't build a guitar. Thanks gutarcapostarting to understand this complex subject. Please go back to kindergarten and get socialized gibson 3798.

[donepearce]

For goodness sake man. It is DAMPING, not DAMPENING.

[alvaritooooooooo]

I saw in a video that a pitchfork is used to select tone woods. Is it true? How does that work? Thanks

[blauschuh]

@thesanaka

haha, owned

[guitarcapo]

@gibson3798

I actually build acoustic guitars myself. I learned a long time ago from experience that the sound you get has mostly to do with things like the box volume, body dimensions, scale length, soundboard thickness, bracing pattern, soundhole size, soundboard species, bridge plate, kerfing, soundhole location, scalloping the braces....pretty much dozens of other factors that totally overwhelm what small contrbution the back and sides make. It really is barking up the wrong tree.