Gougi: Depuis de nombreuses années je me suis attaché à développer des systèmes de prise de son, cherchant continuellement une alternative à l'utilisation des archaïques systèmes "piézo-électriques" et au larsen des microphones sur scène.
Il n'y a pas d'intérêt ici à développer les inconvénients techniques et la pauvreté des capteurs piezos; ils sont suffisamment connus de vous tous, les musiciens professionnels.
J'avais fait une innovation importante en 1985 en construisant un capteur de chevalet pour contrebasse basé sur le principe électrostatique. Le succès mondial de ce capteur m'avait indiqué que j'avais suivi le bon raisonnement. Mais personnellement je considérais que ce n'était simplement qu'un premier pas. Malgré sa réponse extrêmement linéaire ce nouveau capteur n'était pas vraiment idéal pour reproduire les grandes amplitudes caractéristiques de la table d'harmonie d'un piano de concert ou de l'énorme caisse de résonance d'une contrebasse ! ! ...
Luther van Gool: cataloque of hanmade guitars, lutes, vihuela's, katalogus van handgebouwde gitaren, luiten, vihuela's ...
Making - restoring:
Guitars - Lutes - Vihuelas.
John van Gool started his career as guitar maker in 1978 and finished his first guitar in 1979.
His guitars are made by the principles of Antonio Torres, of what he believes give the best result in balance as well as tonal qualities of the guitar.
In 1988 he was able to follow a master class in guitar making with the well known guitar maker José L. Romanillos, which was repeated in 1989 and 1992 in Cordoba, Spain ...
The instruments are characterised by a great volume and a very comfortable playing facility for the left and right hand ...
It has taken years to develop these guitars. Every single aspect of design has been examined over and over again, with the input of professional players and record producers - some of the most critical people out there.
Each guitar is handmade, individually, with the finest materials and hardware regardless of cost. There is no production line ...
I work alone hand building a variety of instruments beside the beach on the beautiful west coast of Ireland. I am in my third decade of guitar making and it is still the best job in the world. And, so far, I get paid to do it. Nothing could be better!
Working alone gives me total control over the process. I do everything from buying in the wood to packing the instruments for shipping and nothing leaves the workshop that I cannot be proud of. Each day I look forward to going to work and learn something more about my craft. The more I learn the more I know I have to learn. And there is no Holy Grail in guitarmaking, there are too many variables in hand making an instrument to be sure of anything. The traditional 'rules' are there to be tested. At this stage, working with wood has become largely intuitive for me. And I am a wood junkie! ...