I guess one of my problems as a guitarist has always been that I couldn't settle on one style of playing. I mean, the first two songs I learned to play were "I Want to Hold Your Hand"(Beatles) and "Faded Love"(Bob Wills). Of course this was in 1963.... By the late '60's it was Jimi and Eric...by 1972, Norman Blake, and by the time I was making a living playing in bars and at weddings, Django...I believe, if you ever play one of my guitars, you will feel these influences under your hands... Part of the philosophy in making a design like this is that it allows me to make a couple of hundred guitars a year, by myself, in my own shop. I can give personal attention to each one...to make sure it leaves the shop as good as it can be. I'm never planning on building a guitar loaded with shell inlay, or one that has rare and exotic wood...just cedar and maple and rosewood, simple stuff that gives you great tone...
I have for nearly twenty years focused on acoustic amplification, installed just about every system available, and designed some of my own. If there is any way I can help you please let me know...I promise I won't try to sell you something unless you ask first...
Check out my guitars at: http://www.electrocoustic.com
Here's a letter from one of my clients...
My guitar is working great....I love it...the band loves it even more, and the crowd loves it....My bass player said, "I could never get sick of listening to you on that thing....Everything you do is tasty" I'll tell you this guitar just wants me to play tasty stuff. I have good finger speed and that gets me a little too busy sometimes....This guitar wants me to lay back and groove...Thanks for helping me become a better musician.
Doug Russell
And one from a bassist in Chicago:
Hi, Dave -
Just got back from a couple of sessions and thought you'd be interested
to hear some of the comments I got -
The engineer/owner of the studio has recorded both my Turner Renaissance
and the Taylor. When he was getting my levels set yesterday, he
immediately said, 'Oh man, this sounds better than the Taylor........'
- he was completely into the tone.
The keyboard player, who missed Monday's session, was listening back to
some of Monday's tracks before starting in today, looked at me and said,
"I would've swore that was an upright on those cuts...."
I was knocked out by the tone we were getting on the tracks. I had the
balance set about 70/30, favoring the piezo side. It sounded great
through the headphones, but then it really came alive once we listened
to it through a set of the pro level Genelec monitors.
Like I think I mentioned before, it was some trad. jazz stuff for a demo
- - and with the Wendler I'm finally getting the tone I've been trying
to get for my jazz gigs. If only I hadn't run through 5 or 6 instruments
to get here.......
Brian Gingrich
Send me an email with your address, and I'll get you a copy of our demo CD...including some great swing lines from Brian...
