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From forest giant in Canada to floorboards in Australia

Posted on May 29, 2020January 4, 2022 by Richard Hobbs

How the global timber trade turned giant Douglas Fir from Vancouver Island into floorboards in Fremantle.

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The big picture: storylines for the nature of music

Posted on May 29, 2020January 4, 2022 by Richard Hobbs

Traditional materials for making guitars have been getting scarcer and caught up in tangles with trade restrictions. How are guitar makers responding?

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At home with the Hendersons

Posted on April 23, 2020July 15, 2022 by Richard Hobbs

Visiting guitar-making father and daughter, Wayne and Jayne Henderson, in Virginia and North Carolina and watching amazing guitars being created.

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A message from Richard Hoover of Santa Cruz Guitar Company

Posted on March 31, 2020January 4, 2022 by Richard Hobbs

Guitar makers, like virtually everyone, have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic in many ways, but continue to hope for a better future.

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Why write about guitars when the world’s falling apart?

Posted on March 25, 2020January 4, 2022 by Richard Hobbs

Thinking and writing about guitars may seem fatuous in the midst of an all-consuming pandemic, but music remains as important to the human soul as ever.

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