In this post I wanna get into what exactly a "hand-made" guitar really is, and what that means. As well as underline a further explanation of the fact that Combat Guitars is a "Custom Order Made" guitar company.
Building our instruments "Order Made" means that each individual customer's exact needs and desires are 100% completely met. Everything from the type of building materials, to the preferred sounds, shapes, colors, set-up, etc/etc, are all decided by the customer. Not the other way around. We provide our customer's with the highest quality instruments, made with the best materials available, to ensure your standards are met. Something that is impossible to obtain with a ready-made guitar.
In addition, because all our instruments are completely hand-made, there is a huge and unmistakable difference in sound, quality, and feel between our instruments when compared to ready-made or factory-made guitars. Even if the models are similar looking or the basic building materials are similar, there is one important difference to be aware of:
A hand-made instrument, constructed with care and precision compared with a cookie-cutter guitar bolted together in a factory, is undeniably a BETTER instrument. In all aspects. From sound to feel, from playability to overall quality. That is FACT.
*Why is "Hand-Made" better?
The single biggest contributing factor that decides if an instrument is good or not is, quite obviously, the SOUND. The distinct sound and tone a particular species of wood will produce is unique from material to material. Skillfully marrying the neck to the body properly, using top quality materials, will ensure the maximum output of sound performance from each material's distinct characteristic ability.
When a chord is strummed out on an un-plugged guitar, the vibration produced by the wood should allow that chord to ring out loud, long and true. Not being plugged in has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that a quality instrument constructed with professional skill WILL create a very clear and recognizable vibration.
When plugged in, the instrument's natural vibration will thus bring out the maximum performance of the hardware. The bridge, nut and tuners contributing to string tension and mildly to tonal output.
But where did the sound originate to begin with?
The pickups allow this vibration of sound to be amplified, thus the difference in sound of a quality hand-made guitar can be much more clearly recognized. Why does one guitar sound better than another? Over everything else, it is the construction of the instrument that decides the quality of sound and the capture of natural vibration.
So, how do you reduce the loss of this precious vibration?
That's impossible, except for hand-made.
*What sets Combat apart from all the other guitar companies?
With Combat Guitars, it really cannot get any easier to build you own Custom Ordered, Hand-Made guitar or bass. You can rely on us to give you total advice on all aspects of your guitar. From the material for the body or neck, to paint and finish, right down to the smallest piece of electronics. As all procedures in your guitar building process are done completely on sight, by our team of professional craftsmen.
We truly love what we do, and we appreciate all our customers, so we are more than happy and willing to answer all your questions and help you along every step of the estimation process, with your needs and desires in mind, to ensure your complete satisfaction.
CLICK HERE to see an outline of all the steps of the Order-Made process: from your initial contact with us, to the deciding of the building materials, from the shaping of the wood, all the way to the final set-up and completion of a hand-made, custom-ordered guitar!
These steps explain in detail, why a "hand-made" instrument really is a better instrument.
See you back here soon!
Combat Colin.
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