Hot GJ guitars

Josh Hegg · May 2006

If your into Romane you might like looking at this:

The link went south so I took it off.....

Cheers,
Josh

MichaelHorowitz · May 2006

Looks like it even comes with Romane's personalized fingerboard grit...you can't put a price on that!

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Cuimean · May 2006

Here's one I posted on the UK forum a while ago. I wonder if it'll have as strong a reaction here as it did there.

http://www.specimenproducts.com/instru/maccaferri.html

Josh Hegg · May 2006

1960'S Enesa
http://www.gypsyguitars.com/makers.php? ... tatus_id=3

1991 Gerome
http://www.gypsyguitars.com/makers.php?id=9&status_id=3

Cuimean · May 2006

The Enesa and Gerome are beautiful ugly ducklings. I dig 'em.

Here's a link to a nice-looking tenor petit bouche made by a luthier in Maine:

http://www.earnestinstruments.com/selma.html

And here's a photo of an American soldier in Vietnam with what looks like a cheap Vietnamese guitar. It looks like someone at the Harmony factory dropped acid and decided to combine a Patenotte and a Strat.

frater · May 2006

You can see another pic of that guy in Vietnam here, few seconds in the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cI85iPt ... ch=brozman

It seems the chap was in high request by war cinematographers!

MichaelHorowitz · May 2006

Probably has something to do with Vietnam being a former French colony...

frater · May 2006

Hadn't tought about that! It makes perfect sense...

Micky Dunne · May 2006

I was in Vietnam 2 years ago and had the chance to go to a village on the Mekong Delta (tourist day trip) there was a local Vietnamese folk duo playing and the guitar had a scalloped neck :shock:

Cuimean · June 2006

Found this on eBay:

http://tinyurl.com/puhly

It's a Selmer-style guitar by Colorado luthier John Rumley. I dig the single-coil pickup idea, the headstock, and the wood he used for the back.

Also - - - make sure you scroll down to see some other examples of his work. He has a beautiful archtop electric with some bizarre wood (reclaimed from a 100-year-old barn) and tooled leather sides (like an old Gretsch Round-up). I look forward to seeing future examples of Mr. Rumley's work.