Here, in his own words, is some background and guitar making philosophy from Michael Greenfield

I started life as a vintage restorer, hence my love for those old instruments. It was a great training ground, especially for my ears. I started by making true copies (updated to my specs) of the pre-war classics. Later in my career I ventured off into my own world of design. The basic difference is as follows....American, classic style guitars have a very open voice while my guitars, in the "Canadian" style have a very focused and evenly balanced voice. My guitars are best suited for contemporary fingerstylists. Having said all of that...I offer 8 steel string body styles because it is a lot quicker and more effective to match a guitar to a player than by "tweaking" one or two body shapes to try and accommodate everyone. An OM will always sound like and OM and a J-200 will never sound like an OM, a Dreadnaught won't sound like a 00 and my G-2 (although similar in dimension to a Dreadnaught) won't sound like a D-28. As mentioned earlier, I build guitars for individuals. It's all about making music and this array of body styles and bracing variations help me to match instruments to players and then I can voice the guitar according to their needs, playing style, string gauge, tunings, etc...

I tend to seek out "crazy" wood. There isn't a lot of it around, my suppliers know I'm always on the prowl for wild stuff and will pay and so when a great log comes in, they call me. I own 15 sets of some insane Ziricote drying for the last 3 years, I should get it this summer. It will make my other stuff look like ply wood (not really)! I pay more for it, lay it away for many years and have to maintain tens of thousands of dollars in inventory and have to pass that expense to my clients but having said that, I haven't built an East Indian rosewood guitar in 3 years! Most who commission instruments with me want exotic tone woods. It's all part of the fun of commissioning a hand made instrument. You just can't get this look from other makers and certainly not from production instruments.

A note from Richard: Michael Greenfield is a gifted maker. Are his instruments a good match for you? That is something we can explore together. Fine Guitar Consultants is here to facilitate matching the right guitar with each player. With quality makers like Michael who can zero in on the tone and feel that will keep you excited about your guitar playing--FGC is the link in the equation to ensure that the fireworks happen. We will introduce you directly to the maker and show you how 3 heads are better than 2!