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Hi Mark,
I don't know anything about the hanging bicycles.
Hope all is well - and keep up the great work !
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03-11-2024 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by QAman
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Originally Posted by MCampellone
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Ok; a small but important part of the current batch from Trenier made its way to me this weekend.
Looking for an acoustic archtop for chord-melody playing last year, I contacted Chuck / ThatRhythmMan. He sold a couple of electric Gibson’s I had and talked to me about the Trenier Broadway 50th Commemorative archtop (2008). He thought it would be a great fit for acoustic work, even though it did have a floating pickup on the finger rest. And boy was he right. Just a tremendous guitar. I always clean / inspect / set up a new guitar, so when I removed the finger rest I saw the pickup was a Lollar Johnny Smith. It was dated 2011, so obviously not original. It looked professionally installed, but there was also a second footprint carved into the back of the finger rest for a pickup with a much larger mounting tab. Wanting to get it back to original condition, I emailed Bryant Trenier and asked if he had any idea what was originally installed. I was very pleased when he replied that the guitar was originally built as an acoustic archtop with no pickup. No wonder it sounded so great!
Anyway, Mr. Trenier graciously agreed to make for me another finger rest which would not have any pickup or volume control mounting holes or cut away binding. He contacted me earlier this year to say he would make my finger rest when he built the ebony parts for his current batch of guitars. The package from France arrived yesterday and I installed it today.
I wanted to thank Chuck for hooking me up with this tremendous guitar and say thank you to Bryant Trenier for being a pleasure to work with and providing me with, not only the original guitar, but the final piece to make it complete.
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Originally Posted by MCampellone
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Current batch update as of today. I bet one of these is going to a forum member.
A mid-batch update, spring has me busy with 6 new projects, including a new design derivative of midddle 1950’s D’Angelico. I’ll b... | Instagram
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Those Trenier's looks delicious!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here is a link with some pics of Bryants latest batch.
Enjoy!
Bryant Trenier | Painting time again. | Instagram
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Thank you for sharing. I'm assuming that 50th means it is his 50th guitar? He really had this down early on - amazing to see an early example. I'd love to hear it under your fingers-any videos to share?
Bryant is making me a guitar in the current batch- a Continental - which appears to be the first guitar in the series of pictures. It will be SN 1185 which means he's made around 135 guitars from 2008-present.
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It is the 50th guitar. I have seen pictures of a 100th, and a 150th so there is probably a 200th in the not-too-distant future. I really had no idea what how true acoustic arch top could sound. For me, this guitar changed everything. Congratulations on the Continental! I am enjoying (if vicariously) the current batch updates.
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I think you may be way off on the number of guitars that have come off Bryant’s bench. My archtop from him that was #144 and he built that in the 2018-2019 period (5 + years ago).
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Rob MacKillop not feeling well.
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