John Arnaold 1935 D-18

[Ray Ussery]

OK Tim, Understand.

Ken, certainly I agree on time and it's effects on tone and over all "Feel"...maybe some mental "Coaxing"
as well, just because we convince ourselves it's there...I will say that I had the chance to play Henderson's #400 for over a half hour one afternoon...(As well as the D-18 he made for his "Lady") the #400 was a 14 fret 000-45+ and an absolutely amazing guitar you could actually "Feel" all over your body...in the middle 50's and early 60's I've played 30 old D-18's and some considered to be real "Bone" from that magic time...that didn't have that THING< so I don't know what it is...#400 was less than 2 years old when I played it so go fgure...and I'm not a 000 fan. (Except for some of those made in the late 20s and early 30's
there can be one thing maybe that makes the difference, sombody who knows and understands the wood better than anything else on the planet and knows what to do with it...