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Post by billhammond on Sept 3, 2014 10:01:26 GMT -5
Are they some Pac Rim label?
There is a show in Mpls next Monday called the Acoustic Guitar Project, one of four such being staged nationwide, wherein about 10 local songwriters are given, in order, a week with a certain Teton guitar, and are obliged to write and record a song using it. The Monday show, hosted by local s/s Ellis, will start with her doing her tune, then handing the guitar off one by one to the others to perform their songs. Acoustic Guitar magazine is in on the series.
I'd like to go, as Peter Mayer is among the group, but I'm working a night shift, of course.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Sept 3, 2014 10:11:23 GMT -5
I've heard they are grand.
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Post by patrick on Sept 3, 2014 10:20:17 GMT -5
They get good reviews on Amazon. This site says they're made in Idaho. |
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Post by PaulKay on Sept 3, 2014 10:37:19 GMT -5
I thinks it's one of these.  |
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Post by Lonnie on Sept 3, 2014 10:55:20 GMT -5
cosner guitars Top of the line acoustic is 800 smackers. Made in Idaho. Good reviews, interesting. If they really are any good, I have no idea how they do it at those prices.
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Post by dradtke on Sept 3, 2014 11:07:58 GMT -5
When and where is the show? The website is particularly uninformative.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 3, 2014 11:09:17 GMT -5
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Post by dradtke on Sept 3, 2014 11:17:28 GMT -5
Be a lot of fun to sit around in that greenroom.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 3, 2014 11:29:58 GMT -5
Something seems fishy to me -- solid woods, made in the USA, and yet some models selling for $300 with onboard electronics??? Or this arch-top for $680??? www.tetonguitars.com/tef50vs/ |
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Post by Russell Letson on Sept 3, 2014 11:40:34 GMT -5
If those guitars are made in the USA, I'll eat my thumbpick. I note in the website copy that they are "produced by" a company that is "in" Idaho. That first preposition might be a weasely way of implying "built in" rather than "contracted for and imported by." The archtop in particular would not be an economically viable product if built in an American shop, even if assembled from pre-fabbed top/back sets.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 12:01:52 GMT -5
A couple of the songwriters on the list are, well... Let's just say they are "interesting" choices and there were better songwriters they could have chosen. Probably a friend-of-a-friend deal, but hey, what do I know?
Years ago, when I attended House of Mercy (where at least one of the performers goes) the music director came up with a concept for a show called "One Song, One Guitar," in which the participants would perform one song, but they'd do it using the same guitar. Probably not an original concept, but it would've been fun. If they ever did it, they never invited me, but then they never respected what I did, anyway.
As for the guitars, I just don't see a business model where you build them in the U.S. For hat kind of money.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 3, 2014 12:08:31 GMT -5
If those guitars are made in the USA, I'll eat my thumbpick. I note in the website copy that they are "produced by" a company that is "in" Idaho. That first preposition might be a weasely way of implying "built in" rather than "contracted for and imported by." The archtop in particular would not be an economically viable product if built in an American shop, even if assembled from pre-fabbed top/back sets. I just called that Chesbro outfit and asked someone in the guitar department where Teton guitars are built and there was this long pause, and he said "Overseas." I asked where overseas, and he said "Somewhere in China." Suspicions confirmed. That Idaho-produced gimmick is slimy. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Sept 3, 2014 12:56:42 GMT -5
Bill, what's the connection with AG Magazine? I can't Google up one. (And if they're involved in promoting this project and a mildly dodgy company, I'm a little disappointed in my old employer.)
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Post by Doug on Sept 3, 2014 12:59:50 GMT -5
Idaho, I just thought it was those copper miners that have been unemployed since the 70s. After 4 yrs of being unemployed you'd think they would work for cheap.  |
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Post by PaulKay on Sept 3, 2014 13:06:48 GMT -5
Washburn got fined over a million dollars years ago relabeling their Chinese made guitars as Made in America. I guess you need to be blatant liars before they take you to court.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 3, 2014 13:14:34 GMT -5
Bill, what's the connection with AG Magazine? I can't Google up one. (And if they're involved in promoting this project and a mildly dodgy company, I'm a little disappointed in my old employer.) You know, I saw some reference to the mag early in my research, but now I can't find it -- maybe it was nothing more than a Google summary of folks chatting about the project on the AG site. So, sorry, I don't think there is any connection, and Mr. Hammond regrets the error. |
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Post by dradtke on Sept 3, 2014 13:23:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 13:24:47 GMT -5
I know in the reso field, Republic and Hot Rod Steel make a big deal out of their American storefronts (Austin for the former, Santa Barbara for the latter) and never mention that the instruments are built in. China. The guitars are set-up -- Lenny at HRS claims it is pretty extensive -- after they hit these shores, but their origins are shrouded in the mists of a Chinese mystery.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 3, 2014 13:29:59 GMT -5
Looks to me like AG is not actually a sponsor, but did write about the project earlier this year. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Sept 3, 2014 14:21:09 GMT -5
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what kind of outfit TAGP is--a non-profit, a hobby, a volunteer organization, a small company (they have a CafePress page with shirts and mugs and the usual tat). . . .
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