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Grit Laskin 'Origins of Bluegrass' guitar for TAMCO UK.
My Current build by Grit Laskin for TAMCO is under way. I asked for a Bluegrass theme.
From Grit "After much thought I chose to focus entirely on Bill Monroe, and the very beginning moments of Bluegrass. I’m calling this design “Origins”. Here is what you’re going to see… Starting at the headstock and moving up the neck: -A portrait of an older Bill, playing his mandolin (a mandolin HAD to appear, not just because of Monroe’s legend, but because I’m making this for YOU!). -still in the headstock we begin the history lesson - we see the label from the first single-song record that Monroe made, in 1940, “Mule Skinner Blues”, recording with his ‘blue grass boys”.
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Trevor. Last edited by Trevor M; 04-17-2017 at 01:26 AM. |
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This going to be amazing....what an artist he is...
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Can't wait to see the rest of the design! Grit is the preeminent inlay artist of our time in my opinion!
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Now that's payin respect...!
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onedayatatime |
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What body size/shape is Grit using for this build? I would like to think on the lines of a dreadnought, but I don't believe I've ever seen a Laskin dread...
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I asked but Grit doesn't make a dreadnought. It's his SEMI-JUMBO, 16 5/8" lower bout.
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From Grit.
"-next we see the first of the other 3 original members of the Blue Grass Boys (this part drove me a bit nuts since personal changed frequently as the years went by, later—1945-- including Flatt & Scruggs as well). The three originals, which I’ve depicted, were: Clyde Moody on guitar, Tommy Magness on Fiddle and Bill Wesbrooks on bass. -Since Monroe’s appearance at the Grand Ole Opry was pivotal to his early growing fame, I included a poster from one of his earlier appearances. The poster’s first appearance is as it leans into the design in the midst of the band members."
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Truly an incredible start. Fun to watch.
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-in the higher frets we see the title to the first LP Monroe recorded, in the actual font, and given the text we can feel how the genre was beginning to take its name. Behind the lettering will be the blue sky as it looks on the album jacket
-in the background to this title we see the stylized portrait of Bill, which actually comes from the right hand side of the same Opry poster we saw earlier. What this accomplished for me however is making Monroe himself the bookends to the narrative.
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Trevor. |
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I can't wait to see this one finished! Amazing talent and skill!
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Wow, what a beginning!
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PS. I love guitars! |
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I'd never have so much fun tuning...!
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