Bonjour,
Voici donc une nouvelle guitare, commandée en janvier dernier et reçue hier.
C'est une McInturff, du luthier américain Terry McInturff :
- Pour info :
Terry built his first guitar in 1977 …a set neck double-cut that featured an unusual (for the time) scale length of 25.125”. It proved to be the original prototype for what became an entire line of McInturff guitars. Terry went on to obtain full-time employment as a luthier in January 1978, and guitars have paid his bills ever since. Along the way, Terry has installed an estimated 180,000 guitar strings, has worked on and or built over 40,000 stringed instruments, and has …somehow… managed to stay somewhat sane in the process. While it is commonplace for luthiers of Terry’s ability to use only the finest tonewoods from around the world, it is really Terry’s unique design methodologies and acclaimed handskills that have netted his work rave reviews in virtually all of the guitar magazines that matter. He has been featured on the covers of Guitar Player and Guitarist magazines, interviewed on National Public Radio, has been awarded two Guitar Player Magazine “Editor’s Pick Awards” and has a client list that includes Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Brad Whitford, Brad Delson, Audley Freed, David Hidalgo, Chuck Garvey, Marshall Crenshaw, and many others.
- Pas de site internet pour le moment mais sa page Facebook perso :
https://www.facebook.com/terry.mcinturff
J'ai fait la connaissance des guitares McInturff en allant chez un ami, il a plusieurs modèles de la marque et je suis de suite tombé amoureux du design de ses guitares (surtout la forme de celle que j'ai commandé).
En rentrant chez moi j'ai commencé à me renseigner sur le Monsieur "Terry McInturff" et j'ai appris que c'était un des luthiers américains les plus respectés et les plus soigneux... limite maniaque !!!
Il a quand même fait des guitares pour des artistes un peu connus :
- Clapton :
http://www.bridgemanart.com/as(...)66%7D
- Jimmy Page :
http://www.thegearpage.net/boa(...)83705
- Audley Freed : A 33 secondes
#at=182
- Brad Whitford :
Et en cherchant les réalisations faites pour chacun de ces musiciens ci-dessus je tombe sur celle faite pour Brad Whitford :
Dans ses mains en concert :
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En sortie d'atelier :
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Dans les mains de son guitar Tech (qui est également celui qui a lancé la marque d'ampli 3 Monkeys) :
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Après avoir vu cette guitare je n'ai pas pu m'en remettre, il fallait que j'en apprenne plus dessus.
J'ai donc fait des recherches et c'est un modèle unique fait pour Brad Whitford, j'ai donc contacté Terry McInturff pour savoir s'il serait possible d'en faire une sur la même base et voici sa réponse (en anglais) et la petite histoire de la guitare :
"The Barn guitar was made (partially) of wood that I "harvested" from the old Barn Nightclub in Georges Mills, New Hampshire. Very convenient that my Mom and Dad live only 15 minutes from there!
The Barn was the local music hot spot; I think that it dated all the way back to the days of the Big Band era..anyway, it was there that Aerosmith got their start. Joe and Steven vacationed in the area each summer with their parents. I think that Brad got to know them there when he was playing with another band. They did begin to play at The Barn and later played there as the young Aerosmith.
The building is still there, now being used as a storage space for an antique shop. On a whim, I contacted the owner in order to visit; everything was still there..the stage, the bar seating area, the dance floor. The owner let me saw off a potion of the seating in the bar area. It is really old White Pine.
The Barn guitar featured this wood as a laminated top, on top of a very resonant piece of very old Mahogany. The top itself was only 1/4" thick, and thus did not have a HUGE effect upon the tone. All of the original grime, cigarette burns, and graffitti were preserved. The top was chemically cleaned in order that a very thin satin lacquer could be applied in order to protect the wood. The mahogany neck and body back recieved a faded cherry lacquer finish, very thin, and later cracked and distressed in order to look old.
The tuners, bridge, tailpiece, and the cover of the single humbucker were aged as well. The intent was to achieve a raw, old appearance.
Brad was quite taken by the guitar and to see him charge out onstage with it in order to play Toys In The Attic and several other tunes that first night will always be a favorite memory.
Tonally, The Barn Guitar resembles an old Les Paul Junior, but with a tone that is a bit fuller yet a bit more articulate at the same time. It is a totally rock music guitar! It has a bit of "chime" to it...when the volume is rolled down it plays cleanly and you can hear all of the inside notes of the chords. Cranked up it has a rather violin-esque sustain, but is not muddy. Hard to describe tone in words!
I actually have enough Barn wood for one more guitar. I had intended to build Joe Perry one too, but I never got around to doing so, since Joe had partnered with Gibson and all of his interest was directed towards that, quite understandably so. And so...Ive had the piece of Barnwood for some years now. I had saved a matched set of old mahogany for it, that came from the same old board that Brad's had been made from too. In addition I have an identical pickup for it, which was designed for me by Steve Blucher.
I've always wanted to build the #2 Barn Guitar. The materials have been stashed away for years, waiting to be used someday, and that is all that I own. I'd be delighted to build the guitar."
Et donc j'ai sauté sur l'occasion d'avoir non seulement une guitar que je trouve fabuleuse car plus "Rock" tu meurs... mais en plus avec une histoire derrière et quelle histoire, un morceau de l'endroit où Aerosmith a débuté.
Peut être même que les fesses des membres du groupe ses sont posées sur le morceau que j'ai sur ma guitare !!!
En plus j'adore Brad Whitford, tant pour son jeu que pour son goût du matériel de musique Boutique, vintage... qui sonne !!!!!
Bref, j'ai décidé de garder le design et le look de l'originale mais avec une personnalité propre.
J'ai donc demandé si on pouvait lui mettre un P90 en neck et si on pouvait mettre un sélecteur 4 positions.
Terry et quelqu'un d'extrêmement sympathique et minutieux, c'était un régal de voir l'évolution de la guitare.
Voici ce qu'elle donne à présent : THE BARN II
&sns=em
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Voici donc une nouvelle guitare, commandée en janvier dernier et reçue hier.
C'est une McInturff, du luthier américain Terry McInturff :
- Pour info :
Terry built his first guitar in 1977 …a set neck double-cut that featured an unusual (for the time) scale length of 25.125”. It proved to be the original prototype for what became an entire line of McInturff guitars. Terry went on to obtain full-time employment as a luthier in January 1978, and guitars have paid his bills ever since. Along the way, Terry has installed an estimated 180,000 guitar strings, has worked on and or built over 40,000 stringed instruments, and has …somehow… managed to stay somewhat sane in the process. While it is commonplace for luthiers of Terry’s ability to use only the finest tonewoods from around the world, it is really Terry’s unique design methodologies and acclaimed handskills that have netted his work rave reviews in virtually all of the guitar magazines that matter. He has been featured on the covers of Guitar Player and Guitarist magazines, interviewed on National Public Radio, has been awarded two Guitar Player Magazine “Editor’s Pick Awards” and has a client list that includes Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Brad Whitford, Brad Delson, Audley Freed, David Hidalgo, Chuck Garvey, Marshall Crenshaw, and many others.
- Pas de site internet pour le moment mais sa page Facebook perso :
https://www.facebook.com/terry.mcinturff
J'ai fait la connaissance des guitares McInturff en allant chez un ami, il a plusieurs modèles de la marque et je suis de suite tombé amoureux du design de ses guitares (surtout la forme de celle que j'ai commandé).
En rentrant chez moi j'ai commencé à me renseigner sur le Monsieur "Terry McInturff" et j'ai appris que c'était un des luthiers américains les plus respectés et les plus soigneux... limite maniaque !!!
Il a quand même fait des guitares pour des artistes un peu connus :
- Clapton :
http://www.bridgemanart.com/as(...)66%7D
- Jimmy Page :
http://www.thegearpage.net/boa(...)83705
- Audley Freed : A 33 secondes
#at=182
- Brad Whitford :
Et en cherchant les réalisations faites pour chacun de ces musiciens ci-dessus je tombe sur celle faite pour Brad Whitford :
Dans ses mains en concert :
En sortie d'atelier :
Dans les mains de son guitar Tech (qui est également celui qui a lancé la marque d'ampli 3 Monkeys) :
Après avoir vu cette guitare je n'ai pas pu m'en remettre, il fallait que j'en apprenne plus dessus.
J'ai donc fait des recherches et c'est un modèle unique fait pour Brad Whitford, j'ai donc contacté Terry McInturff pour savoir s'il serait possible d'en faire une sur la même base et voici sa réponse (en anglais) et la petite histoire de la guitare :
"The Barn guitar was made (partially) of wood that I "harvested" from the old Barn Nightclub in Georges Mills, New Hampshire. Very convenient that my Mom and Dad live only 15 minutes from there!
The Barn was the local music hot spot; I think that it dated all the way back to the days of the Big Band era..anyway, it was there that Aerosmith got their start. Joe and Steven vacationed in the area each summer with their parents. I think that Brad got to know them there when he was playing with another band. They did begin to play at The Barn and later played there as the young Aerosmith.
The building is still there, now being used as a storage space for an antique shop. On a whim, I contacted the owner in order to visit; everything was still there..the stage, the bar seating area, the dance floor. The owner let me saw off a potion of the seating in the bar area. It is really old White Pine.
The Barn guitar featured this wood as a laminated top, on top of a very resonant piece of very old Mahogany. The top itself was only 1/4" thick, and thus did not have a HUGE effect upon the tone. All of the original grime, cigarette burns, and graffitti were preserved. The top was chemically cleaned in order that a very thin satin lacquer could be applied in order to protect the wood. The mahogany neck and body back recieved a faded cherry lacquer finish, very thin, and later cracked and distressed in order to look old.
The tuners, bridge, tailpiece, and the cover of the single humbucker were aged as well. The intent was to achieve a raw, old appearance.
Brad was quite taken by the guitar and to see him charge out onstage with it in order to play Toys In The Attic and several other tunes that first night will always be a favorite memory.
Tonally, The Barn Guitar resembles an old Les Paul Junior, but with a tone that is a bit fuller yet a bit more articulate at the same time. It is a totally rock music guitar! It has a bit of "chime" to it...when the volume is rolled down it plays cleanly and you can hear all of the inside notes of the chords. Cranked up it has a rather violin-esque sustain, but is not muddy. Hard to describe tone in words!
I actually have enough Barn wood for one more guitar. I had intended to build Joe Perry one too, but I never got around to doing so, since Joe had partnered with Gibson and all of his interest was directed towards that, quite understandably so. And so...Ive had the piece of Barnwood for some years now. I had saved a matched set of old mahogany for it, that came from the same old board that Brad's had been made from too. In addition I have an identical pickup for it, which was designed for me by Steve Blucher.
I've always wanted to build the #2 Barn Guitar. The materials have been stashed away for years, waiting to be used someday, and that is all that I own. I'd be delighted to build the guitar."
Et donc j'ai sauté sur l'occasion d'avoir non seulement une guitar que je trouve fabuleuse car plus "Rock" tu meurs... mais en plus avec une histoire derrière et quelle histoire, un morceau de l'endroit où Aerosmith a débuté.
Peut être même que les fesses des membres du groupe ses sont posées sur le morceau que j'ai sur ma guitare !!!
En plus j'adore Brad Whitford, tant pour son jeu que pour son goût du matériel de musique Boutique, vintage... qui sonne !!!!!
Bref, j'ai décidé de garder le design et le look de l'originale mais avec une personnalité propre.
J'ai donc demandé si on pouvait lui mettre un P90 en neck et si on pouvait mettre un sélecteur 4 positions.
Terry et quelqu'un d'extrêmement sympathique et minutieux, c'était un régal de voir l'évolution de la guitare.
Voici ce qu'elle donne à présent : THE BARN II
&sns=em
