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Post by drlj on Dec 1, 2023 19:31:21 GMT -5
Gruhn Versitar Adirondack / Mulberry , New, Adirondack spruce top, mulberry back and sides, LR Baggs HiFi pickup, w/ clear pickguard, black or grey Gator heavy duty gig bag ... MAP $2,900.00
A guitar made from that most cursed of trees? Probably available in sunburst, too. Berry sunburst, perhaps?
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Post by John B on Dec 1, 2023 20:01:45 GMT -5
I played one on Halloween. I even took some pictures for you all but failed to post them. But if anyone remembers Tacoma guitars, but wish they could pay 4X for one, I have a guitar for you.
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Post by John B on Dec 1, 2023 20:09:08 GMT -5
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Post by drlj on Dec 1, 2023 20:15:08 GMT -5
I saw a picture yesterday of Vince Gill playing one on the stage of the Grand Ol’ Opry.
Gruhn bought the rights to Tacoma guitars and set up shop to build high quality versions of them. I haven’t played one so I don’t know about that. He has posted a lot of photos with famous Nashville pickers playing them. Endorsement deal? No idea.
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Post by howard lee on Dec 1, 2023 20:24:18 GMT -5
It has a big fat nut and saddle, for sure.
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Post by drlj on Dec 1, 2023 20:27:33 GMT -5
I didn’t notice how thick the nut was. Yow!
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Post by billhammond on Dec 1, 2023 20:43:26 GMT -5
I saw a picture yesterday of Vince Gill playing one on the stage of the Grand Ol’ Opry. Gruhn bought the rights to Tacoma guitars and set up shop to build high quality versions of them. I haven’t played one so I don’t know about that. He has posted a lot of photos with famous Nashville pickers playing them. Endorsement deal? No idea. Vince and his bandmates seem to have a great time: |
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Post by John B on Dec 1, 2023 21:24:54 GMT -5
I saw a picture yesterday of Vince Gill playing one on the stage of the Grand Ol’ Opry. Gruhn bought the rights to Tacoma guitars and set up shop to build high quality versions of them. I haven’t played one so I don’t know about that. He has posted a lot of photos with famous Nashville pickers playing them. Endorsement deal? No idea. I believe George was behind the original Tacoma designs. |
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Post by drlj on Dec 1, 2023 21:30:31 GMT -5
I saw a picture yesterday of Vince Gill playing one on the stage of the Grand Ol’ Opry. Gruhn bought the rights to Tacoma guitars and set up shop to build high quality versions of them. I haven’t played one so I don’t know about that. He has posted a lot of photos with famous Nashville pickers playing them. Endorsement deal? No idea. I believe George was behind the original Tacoma designs. That’s true. So, him buying the rights makes sense. |
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Post by Marty on Dec 1, 2023 22:53:51 GMT -5
The Tacoma guitars were nice for the money BUT!, offset sound holes can make for real repair problems.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 2, 2023 8:13:46 GMT -5
Yeah, they put the soundhole in a cockamamie place. Sunburst of no sunburst, I'm not interested.
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Post by drlj on Dec 2, 2023 8:47:35 GMT -5
Yeah, they put the soundhole in a cockamamie place. Sunburst of no sunburst, I'm not interested. I thought the fact it was made of mulberry wood would be all it would take for you to order. How about if they throw in a pound of the berries? I have never heard of mulberry wood being used for guitar bodies before. It seems strange to me. You can cut down those trees near you and send the wood to George so he can build a Marshall signature edition. |
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Post by PaulKay on Dec 2, 2023 8:53:15 GMT -5
I recall watching a video a while back where they were interviewing some folks at the new shop Gruhn was setting up to make these.
They briefly played one of the prototype guitars there were working on. It didn't impress me at all.
I did own a Tacoma parlor guitar years ago that I liked, but it was a normal soundhole guitar. The offset sound hole idea does have its fans though (like the McPherson guitars).
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 2, 2023 23:44:55 GMT -5
Sustainable growth wood???
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Post by Dub on Dec 2, 2023 23:46:01 GMT -5
Sustainable growth wood??? Mulberry is not only sustainable, it’s impossible to kill. When everything else on earth is extinct, all new life forms will evolve from mulberrys and cockroaches. |
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Post by coachdoc on Dec 2, 2023 23:48:28 GMT -5
Sustainable growth wood??? Mulberry is not only sustainable, it’s impossible to kill. So then how do they make a guitar out of it? I’m imagining little branches or leaves popping out of it. |
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Post by drlj on Dec 3, 2023 8:29:43 GMT -5
It leaves a mulberry juice stain on everything it touches.
To me it is like making a guitar out of a huge weed.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 3, 2023 17:20:07 GMT -5
Sustainable growth wood??? Mulberry is not only sustainable, it’s impossible to kill. Talk to Todd. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 3, 2023 22:43:51 GMT -5
Sustainable growth wood??? Mulberry is not only sustainable, it’s impossible to kill. When everything else on earth is extinct, all new life forms will evolve from mulberrys and cockroaches. And along comes Tordon. I walk around my property every year like an executing all kinds of mulberry trees. It does not, however, seem to have an impact on cockroaches. Or banjo, for that matter. |
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