[gfirob]

First, I have a chip on my shoulder about Gruhn since he sold me a terrible ’40’s Martin D28 once. A very bad experience. So that may color my opinion of the whole project.

But I’m afraid I think these things are just butt ugly. I am (and a lot of players are) fairly traditional in our vision of what makes a guitar attractive, and I love the way guitars look. I leave mine out on their stands all the time because I think they are beautiful. The fact that a lot of builders are making copies of their older guitars suggests that a lot of people yearn for that pre-war esthetic. I might forgive it the off-set sound hole if the entire instrument just didn’t look (to me) awkward. And the headstock logo is just dreadful. That you can go buy a used Tacoma Chief all day for less than a thousand dollars is another issue.

I don’t think the market is going to embrace these things for that kind of money, celebrity players and all.