Giggles Posted March 17, 2002 Report Share Posted March 17, 2002 Who this guitar maker might be a fan of? Here are a couple examples The tribute guitar and The Further guitar You can own either one of these babies for a mear $5900-$6900 US Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 17, 2002 Report Share Posted March 17, 2002 Those guitars look pretty heavy! At least I dont have to cough up close to a million now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 17, 2002 Report Share Posted March 17, 2002 saving my pennies, starting NOW!...noNOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 17, 2002 Report Share Posted March 17, 2002 In July, 2001 Trowbridge ("Trow") Cottrell decided to build a hybrid, semi-hollow body electric guitar. Based on an idea, which materialized during the early 80's as a very weird looking electric harp, Trow quickly realized that the instrument could only be played in a studio and had to be synthesized to compose anything remotely asthetic. After 2 weeks of painstaking research a set of final blueprints were completed. All the materials necessary and one tool, a Porter Cable router had been purchased so that production could commence. The goal was to have a finished product by August 4th. It was Trow's hope that his friend, Trey Anastasio (Phish, Trey Anastasio Band & Oysterhead) would take the "MatterHorn" for a spin, maybe sign it or, best case scenario, buy the thing. But with only a total of four tools and a time constraining, technical glitch this was not to be. The 1st Bizarre Guitar would not be ready until August 10th. The Matterhorn was placed in Trey's hands in mid-August. As you can see (right), he was delighted. By October 10th he owned it and, shortly thereafter embarked on the Fall Oysterhead tour. Sets which included "Pseudo Suicide" and "Shadow of a Man", featured Trey with his new axe, bassist extraordinaire Les Claypool (Primus), and drum virtuoso Stewart Copeland (formerly of the Police) . Drove the crowds wild! November 21st, the Matterhorn appeared on national television, receiving a good thrashing as Oysterhead was featured on HBO's Reverb. Trey administered a blistering field test of the instrument, which clearly demonstrated the guitar's (and musician's) capabilities. This seemed to be a really great start for the Trowbridge Guitar Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted March 18, 2002 Report Share Posted March 18, 2002 Alembic makes some SWEET axes...they look great, they play great, they sound great...but not for rock and roll...well balls to the ground rock and roll...too perfect a signal. like that's really a complaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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