After working on a small tree crew for 7 years, swinging around in trees working with chainsaws, Martin Maudal began hand picking beautiful woods from the trees he cut - maple, walnut, ash, alder, cherry, sycamore, apricot, plum and many other great instrument woods that are native (or transplanted varieties) to the Claremont Ca area. So in most cases Martin knew the Maudal Musical Machine you're playing when it was a tree. "I like to leave certain reminders in the guitars I build of the fact that these instruments are created from living things. Not just living, but living eco-systems in and of themselves." Maudal Musical Machines are a fine balance between the Japanese artistic ethic of "wabi sabi" (perfection in imperfection), and the precise engineering necessary to a beautifully playing and sounding guitar
