Hello, I'm Gerry Gruber

Gerry with one of his Xaver Guitars.  Be sure to visit Gerry at the Ottawa Guitar Show next month.

Guy Clark RIP

Guy is gone but his tunes are forever, and he sure left a lot of them behind.  One of the greats who will always be remembered.  And a lot of funny stories as well.

Guy Clark

We lost Guy Clark this morning.  I just can't bring myself to play guitar today.  Guy would not have liked that--but it is just so sad.  I will just listen to his tunes and try to understand where all of those brilliant lyrics came from.  I wonder if he is with Townes--and who will kick who off of the cloud first.

Baton Rouge L12

I am constantly on the lookout for a 12-string that plays fingerstyle like a fine 6 string.  I suggest you visit the Baton Rouge guitars web site--and also have a look at Casper's BR guitar.  It's not a 12 string, but it caused me to show BR Guitars on this Blog.

Tony Rice

After Clarence was killed, 58957 ended up in a pawn shop for a number of years.  Although the tone was, and still is, angelic, the guitar as you've seen in these past posts, was pretty rough.  Tony asked the Pawn Shop owner "How much do you want for that piece of junk?"  and a heated argument ensued and Tony was ejected from the shop.  Years later they struck a deal--Tony got the guitar for far less than he was willing to pay and the rest is history.

Manzer/White Guitar

This Ladies and Gentlemen is the very first Manzer/White Guitar in existence.  I have shown guitars from both of these ladies on this Blog and they are both luthiers at the very top of the game.  Linda Manzer is probably the number one female luthier in the world, and she told me that Peggy does some things even better than she.  Put them both together and the guitar you see here has to be super fine.  Roddy Ellias is a lucky man.