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1995 Griffin/Arnold Dreadnought. SN unknown. Guitar Database. For sale

May 22, 2010 Terence For Sale, Goodacoustics Inventory, Instrument Database

Griffin/Arnold | Dreadnought | 1995 | SN:2495

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Luthier Facts :
Name: Ronnie Griffin
Location: Georgia
Wait list: Retired
Taking Orders?: Retired
RIYL: Ronnie was a pre-eminent repairman and took inspiration from vintage martins, his guitars reflect that prewar tone.
Name: John Arnold
Wait list: Unknown
RIYL: John Arnold is a pre-eminent repairman and his guitars reflect a deep understanding of prewar construction and tone.
Note: (RIYL) Recommended If You Like

Model: Dreadnought

Serial no: 2495

Year: 1995

Top: Adirondack spruce, from a tree harvested by Ted Davis after Hurriance Opel.

Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood

Neck: Mahogany

Purfling: Herringbone

Fingerboard: Ebony

Bridge: Ebony

Nut Width: 1 3/4″

String Spacing: 2 1/4″

Scale: 25.4″

Body Length: 19 7/8″

Lower Bout: 15 5/8″

Upper Bout: 11 3/8″

From Goodacoustics, who are listing this guitar: “This started out as a 1995 Ronnie Griffin guitar herringbone reproduction with a sitka top and brazilian rosewood back and sides. In 1999/2000, the owner had the reknown John Arnold of Tn retop the guitar to a Adirondack top from salvaged from the Smoky Mountains after the 1995 hurricane Opel because he wanted adirondack. The result is phenomenally loud yet responsive guitar.

John Arnold’s guitars are extremely rare and extremely sought after- more so than Wayne Henderson’s. Ronnie Griffin has recently retired and is only accepting small repair work.

John no longer has any Smoky mountain tops for sale and the brazilian is high grade material, this is a guitar that will make any player happy. The action is low, neck is vintage shaped, nut width 1 3/4 at nut. also bone nut and saddle.”

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2009 Brondel Model 2A. SN 090424. Guitar Database.

May 15, 2010 Terence For Sale, Goodacoustics Inventory, Instrument Database

Brondel | Model A-2 | 2009 | SN:090424

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Luthier Facts :
Name: Laurent Brondel
Location: Maine
Status?: Active
Read interview with Laurent: Here
RIYL: Unique, handcrafted fingerstyle guitars Note: (RIYL) Recommended If You Like

Model: Model A-2

Year: 2009

Top: German spruce, with bearclaw

Back and sides: Cocobolo

Neck: Honduran mahogany

Upper Bout: 11 1/4 in. approx

Lower Bout: 15 1/8 in. approx

Scale Length: 25.59″

Nut Width: 1 25/32″

Strings Spacing: 2 1/4″

Bridge: Ebony

Binding: Figured Indian rosewood

Purfling & rosette: handmade “zen” style wheat purfling

Options: Hazelfichte (bearclaw figure) on top plates, double sides, mitred purflings, hot hide glue construction.

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This is a model 2a by Maine based luthier, Laurent Brondel. It features a non matched cocobolo sides and back as specifed when the chaps at goodacoustics placed the order…. here’s what they say “Laurent had an orphan set of figured cocobolo sides with lots of spiderweb as well as a spare back set of straighted grained cocobolo. As we had already decided we were ordering a guitar with double sides, the importance of matching the sides to the back from a sonic point of view was minimal. So we had Laurent construct this beauty out of the two and this is the result! By the way, Laurent also used a very elegant black and white wheat purfling for the rosette and the top. It’s so nice, we’ve started to call it the Zen purfling!”

Resources: Interview with Laurent Brondel: here.

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2007 Greven 0028c. Guitar Database. For sale

May 8, 2010 Terence For Sale, Goodacoustics Inventory, Instrument Database

Greven | 0028c | 2007 | SN:2054

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Luthier Facts :
Name: John Greven Guitars
Location: OR, Usa
Wait list: Sockists Worldwide
Taking Orders?: Yes, standard & customs
RIYL: John Greven has built a long reputation for building guitars inspired by great vintage guitars.
Note: (RIYL) Recommended If You Like

Model: 0028c

Year: 2007

Top: Adirondack spruce

Back and sides: Brazilian Rosewood

Cutaway

Neck: One piece Mahogany

Upper Bout: 9 3/4 “

Lower Bout: 14 1/8 “

Scale Length: 24.9″

Nut Width: 1 13/16″

Strings Spacing: 2 3/16″

Bar Frets

Bridge: Ebony

Binding: Brazilian rosewood

Purfling: Herringbone

This is a really vintage inspired 00 with the bar frets, adirondack top and Brazilian rosewood back and sides. The addition of the truss rod and cutaway add some modern touches but the vintage inspiration is very strong. Goodacoustics have this day about this guitar:

“John Greven has rolled back the years with this thoroughbred interpretation of a prewar OO. We’ve kept as many of the features which have contributed to the prewar sound and feel. We’ve gone so far as to use bar frets. The only change is the use of an adjustable truss rod for easy adjustment, a cutaway for better access and a hand-rubbed, varnish finish to ensure a hard, thin finish similar to the nitro without the hazardous application process. The woods are of the highest grade possible with a clean Adirondack top and Brazilian rosewood from my personl stash out of a log found in a veneer factory dating from the 30-40s. The result is a powerful yet exquistely sensitive instrument with liquid trebles and bell like overtones.”

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Pictures ©2009 T.Tan Errors are unintentional although we try very hard not to make them- corrections or feedback are always welcome! This database entry is sponsored by goodacoustics.com. Any infringement of copyright is entirely unintentional. Any copyright issues should be address to: writers@guitarbench.com. We will attempt to resolve these issues quickly. Guitars remain property of respective owners.