I want Brad Goodman to pick my tonewoods... He has an eye for beauty.

It’s a beautiful guitar, Brad.

Here is my take…. You’re basing the response you received of a high number of comments and likes on the idea that the content itself is what created the response. That is only true for the first 5-10% of people who engaged with your post. The rest is the algorithm. Likely a few folks shared a link to your post. This, combined with content engagement like comments and likes triggered the post to be presented into more people’s feed. This has a force multiplier effect.

I’ll give you an example, I have one video on Instagram that has 52k views, 1200 likes, and 320 “bookmarks”. However, it’s the 250+ shares of the content that triggered the algorithm to prioritize it in peoples feeds. I watched it happen in real time.

It gets prioritized not just for followers, but anyone. 95% of the views of that one video were non followers of my Instagram account.

What’s the point? Nothing! It’s all for sport until you get to exponentially more engagement than you or I have combined!

I’m just sharing because people get discouraged when they post their best work and get very little engagement. Don’t take it personally. It’s the machines decision on who sees what. Keep plugging along and sharing!

Brad


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I think see where you're coming from...

To understand better I'd have to see something you think is better...

I look at that back and say meh...sure, it's a dramatically figured set of wood, but it certainly doesn't bookmatch cleanly because all of that wild figuring...it's so wild you can't really slip the joinery a tad to make the flaming line up...I'm thinking you would probably agree with those sentiments...

At issue is the general public is going to think "OMFG! that's some wildly unparalleled wood"

Whatcha gonna do?

Maybe buy up the rest of the slab and know you'll have willing buyers?

I wouldn’t have liked that picture, my idea of beauty in an instrument is understated quiet elegance but my impression is the general population likes wild figured stuff and lots of bling.

Can you share the other photo here?

This is why Brad gets ALL THE UPVOTES.

Not sure what beauty is, but I know what I like.

It's like the old saying says, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

It would be interesting to see which of your guitars (the 5 pics) would get the most beauty votes from the same set of people.

For me, the curly Koa would be the hands down beauty winner.

One of the "beauty's" of instrument making is you can find adequate quantities of very special wood to build with. It's also a way to introduce folks to the wonders of exceptional wood they may never otherwise come in contact with.

Nice guitars Brad!

The first photo has a lot of things going for it besides the figure of the wood. The workshop looks inviting and well organized. The guitars on the upper shelf are kind of intriguing. The composition of the shot emphasizes the guitar. The amount of the guitar side you can see is a nice touch. The photo sets up a story of someone who is relaxed and happy in the shop.

Brad,
You sure have an eye for beautiful wood, an enviable knack for finding it, and a more enviable talent for knowing what to do with it.
Keep up the beautiful work.

I like the White Oak for it's honesty. Did you fume or stain that?

Thanks!

Bill

I tend to go for the more understated beauty myself. While they were both beautiful, I preferred Mary Ann to Ginger.