
George Gruhn on the State of the Vintage Guitar Market
As Gruhn Guitars approaches its 50th anniversary, Gruhn, has plenty to say about prewar instruments, speculators and collectors, old guitars vs. new ones, and more.

As Gruhn Guitars approaches its 50th anniversary, Gruhn, has plenty to say about prewar instruments, speculators and collectors, old guitars vs. new ones, and more.

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Commitment to understanding variations in the trees that become guitars are the pillars of his design philosophy at Bedell Guitars and at Breedlove

His conversion process is centered on replacing ladder-style bracing with his proprietary scalloped X-bracing.

The Chicago native specializes in building instruments like those used by such early guitar heroes as Lead Belly and Eddie Lang
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"I wanted to make a resonator guitar that was closer to an acoustic instrument, with traditional resonators that sounded and looked different, and were warmer."