© Jim Merithew

Many things come together to make a guitar sound good, and a lot of it depends upon the complex interplay of wood and steel and the way time changes an instrument. But there’s something more, something indescribable. Guitarists call it mojo.

I have been playing guitar for nearly as long as I have been taking photographs (photo since 7, guitar, 9) but never have I marry the two into something as enthralling as this presentation, Santa Cruz Guitar Company of the U.S.A. by Jim Merithew.