the best builder and I don ’ t know how to run a factory . It ’ s like the great architect Frank Loyd Wright designed buildings but he did not build them , he designed them .
[ WM ] Do electronics come in all the Gruhn Guitar Versitars ?
[ George ] No , electronics do not come in them all , but it is a $ 150 option . And that is if we put the L . R . Baggs HiFi system in them .
[ WM ] What kinds of woods are the Versitars available in ?
[ George ] The basic model comes in Western Cedar or Adirondack Spruce . Or you can get Mahogany , Walnut , Ash , Black Locust or Nicaraguan Rosewood .
[ WM ] How many models do you plan to offer ?
[ George ] Basically it ’ s one model , with a wide variety of woods .
[ WM ] How does it feel to see your name on the headstock of a guitar now ?
[ George ] My goal was to create a guitar that had a reason to exist . In other words , the world did not need a clone of others . The Versitar does things that other guitars with a center round sound hole don ’ t . You can play Chuck Berry or heavy metal shredding on my guitar . The point is you can do almost any type of music on it .
[ WM ] What is different about the bracing on your guitar ?
[ George ] Instead of all those ten braces on the top of the guitar we only have bass bar , a treble bar and a bridge plate and it has two braces that add longitudinal strength .
[ WM ] What is the difference in how you are attaching the necks to your guitars ?
[ George ] Mine is fastened with two furniture bolts that go into threaded metal fixtures in the neck . So , unlike a woodscrew , where you drill a guide hole and screw it in , and it cuts its own threads into the wood and then grips . But if you take those screws out and put them back they are cutting new threads and after three or four times it won ’ t hold anymore . This system the bolts are stronger than the screw and they go into a threaded metal fixture .
[ WM ] Will this be in competition with other major brands of instruments you carry here at Gruhn Guitars ?
[ George ] I ’ m not trying to hurt the sales of anybody else ’ s guitars or take over . But you can literally own 100 guitars and not have one that sounds or looks like this . The look alone is not important unless it sounds different and sounds good . This is a versatile guitar that can do things distinctly different no matter how many guitars you own , you might want a Versitar .
[ WM ] Where will the Gruhn Guitar Versitars be available ?
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