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For those interested - here is a link to a new post from Bryant. It’s a Jazz special with a TK Smith floating pickup.
When Bryant gets back to building this model - he’s agreed to make me one of these Jazz special acoustic versions with a CC floating pickup.
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05-29-2021 01:01 PM
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Bryant writes on Instagram: "Jazz Special with @tksmithguitar floating pickup. I think I’ve found my favorite contemporary pickup for this model. This TK Smith single coil has the power and edge of an old CC, with the clarity and depth of a great humbucker. It’s really impressive."
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Ugh, I guess I should get one of those pickups now.
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I’ll vouch for this TK Smith. It’s a fantastic pickup.
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On a few of the recent Jazz Specials and perhaps a few others, I have noticed that the MOP markers on the neck look to be amber in color. Is Bryant selecting MOP that is naturally that color or does he have a process for getting that effect? It’s quite unique and beautiful. Here’s an example on Pasquale Grasso’s guitar:
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I bet it sounds great would love to hear one but I have to admit the looks of it could be a better package, it is a bit unrefined.
Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
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Mark M, Originally Posted by Mark M.
On a few of the recent Jazz Specials and perhaps a few others, I have noticed that the MOP markers on the neck look to be amber in color. Is Bryant selecting MOP that is naturally that color or does he have a process for getting that effect? It’s quite unique and beautiful. Here’s an example on Pasquale Grasso’s guitar:
Maybe it's reflected light?
Much red surrounds him, and other pics of him in other surrounds see white?
Just a question
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Bryant does have colored MOP , some in a golden hue which he used on my Triener Georgian. It's strikingly beautiful in hand.
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I'm not sure what Trenier did on this guitar, but people have been aging Cellulose Nitrate inlays for Les Paul's for years, so their artificially aged Les Pauls have inlays that match the rest of the guitar (supposed to look like Bursts from the last 50s-1960). Originally Posted by Mark M.
Common method is to wipe the board with acetone. Inlays pick up some of the color from the wood.
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Incredible lines pouring out of Grasso and his Jazz Special last night with Emmet Cohen's trio:
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A post from Bryant on Facebook this morning:
Catching Up...
I closed my order list a few years back, and am finally getting close to being able to restructure my building process to better suit my needs and those of my clients. I know I promised many of you I'd get back in touch when I could handle a few more orders - well, now's the time. Please drop me a line if you'd like to commission an instrument for 2022/2023, after that, I'll be making instruments in "collections" for immediate sale.
Thanks for having a look, and for your ongoing support,
Bryant TRENIER
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It's quite common but just not in the guitar world. Most players prefer /are used to the white MOP. There different variants in Abalone shells also, green and red ....
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GOLD-LIP OCEAN PEARL OYSTER (Pinctada maxima), Indonesia and the Philippines: a source of GOLD M.O.P., which comes from a thin yellow layer underlying the white nacre. White material from these shells typically has lots of colorful iridescent "flash".
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I just remembered these photos I took when Pasquale visited my place in 2019, not long after he got his Special.
I don't know how clearly you can see them, but the block inlays are split, with the inlays a more typical white colour between the A and E strings. Nice detail!
EDIT: A much clearer shot of the inlay design from the Trenier Facebook page, showing the guitar as delivered.
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Originally Posted by David B
I just remembered these photos I took when Pasquale visited my place in 2019, not long after he got his Special.
I don't know how clearly it you can see it, but the block inlays are split, with the inlays a more typical white colour between the A and E strings. Nice detail!
EDIT: A much clearer shot of the inlay design from the Trenier Facebook page, showing the guitar as delivered.
Very cool!
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From Bryant’s FB page: the second blonde Broadway and the first solid wood Jazz Special are in the finishing stages. I presume the carved Jazz Special will be a similar, updated version of my Model E. If so, it will indeed be special! It looks like this one will receive a floater.
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Oh wow, didn't realize he had only made one blonde Broadway so far. My guitar's got a baby sister!
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How is his solid wood Jazz Special different than his other solid wood cutaway guitars?
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That’s the question I posed to Bryant on his FB site. It looks to have the same thin profile as the Model E. That said, according to Bryant he made fewer than 10 Model E’s, so this could be a resurrection of the design under his new style nomenclature as a carved Jazz Special. Assuming this one isn’t a one off, I will also be interested to see how he prices these. Originally Posted by HeyNow
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You have a blonde Broadway too? Originally Posted by HeyNow
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I do, yes. The 50th Anniversary (50th guitar built) Originally Posted by OldDogNewLicks
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Ummmmm pics please Originally Posted by HeyNow
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A family with secrets then! Let me introduce another member of the blonde Broadway family. How many of us are there out there? Originally Posted by HeyNow
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Hot off the Trenier instagram press. The second blond Broadway and the first solid wood Jazz Special are now in the finishing booth.
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Steve, Originally Posted by QAman
I had assumed the Jazz Special featured a laminated top with a set-in pickup but it seems that’s not the case. Do you know what defines the Jazz Special?
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