Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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94 DECEMBER 2020 I N - D E P T H The acclaim for his expertise stretches far beyond the Boston area. Nashville-based country music star Chuck Ward says that "Randy puts the same love into every guitar, just like Leo [Fender, of the famed Fender guitar] did back in the day. Anything I want, he builds. They are just the finest instruments that I've played." Springis is currently building a Karge for Grammy Award winner Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, who appeared in the Belushi/Ackroyd flick The Blues Brothers. It has a neck shaft of curly maple set atop a body of swamp ash painted aged ocean turquoise with matching headstock. "The ash gives it a somewhat brighter sound than certain other woods," Springis says. "Alder wood has a little more punch. It depends on what you're after." It's not just a better sound he's after but also the way the instrument handles. His guitars are right around seven pounds rather than the typical eight or nine yet with all of the same resonance. And his generally thicker necks don't create as much hand fatigue when the guitar is played over a long session; there's something for the hand to rest on. Each guitar is hand-made.