Just received this beautiful piece of American craftsmanship today. It's truly a marriage of art and engineering.
The tone is superb. I've played (mostly) Emmons push-pull guitars for 27 yrs. I've owned a total of 7 different Emmons and they all sounded great. This new Rittenberry sounds every bit as good as anything I've owned - and it plays so smooth.
I wil be playing this guitar in Dallas, and will have it available at my booth if anyone wants to take a closer look. jc
jody....beautiful! kinda zumsteelish...but maybe more tasteful.
i do wish manufacturers would spend a few seconds on better nameplates. my zum is the same kinda decal...would it kill them to make a nice screw on quality looking nameplate? (still a great looking steel)
Do you really want an ugly screw-on mameplate? At least with a decal you can take it off. The old Emmons ones don't look half bad, though. I always thought it would be cool if they could do a "punchout" in the formica for a formica "inlay."
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Congrats Jody,I knew you would love it. Can't wait to hear you play it. I'm just a little jelious though. Maybe I'll get one someday.
Enjoy my friend. By the way I haven't forgot the lessons, maybe Dallas if we have time.
Later Bill
Custom Rittenberry SD10
Boss Katana 100 Amp
Positive Grid Spark amp
BJS Bars
Z~Legend Pro,Custom Tele
Honor our Vet's.
Now pass the gravy.
She's a beauty!!! Then again, anything that Gary Rittenberry builds is gonna be good.
This kind of makes me want to sell my LaGarritt to buy a new Rittenberry. If Gary hadn't built my LaGarritt so solid, I'd sell it in a heartbet just to turn around & buy a new Rittenberry.
I love how nice & clean he keeps the undercarriage. There's alot going on down there but, it's all super easy to work on. Lot's of adjustment options too.
Jody is a lucky man. Enjoy the heck out of it!!! It'll last a lifetime & then some.
Jody, what a suprise, it came a day early.
I bet your still sitten behind it right now even, huh?
Its a beautiful guitar and I can't wait to hear you play it in Dallas, WOW!!!!
What can I say Brother, it's a work of art. I think you will find that Dallas will open a lot of eyes and drop a lot of jaws when they hear this wonderful guitar. This is an amazingly beautiful guitar! Congratulations my friend.
Just dropped by and saw your new guitar and Nice!--I look forward to hearing you out with it--hopefully soon. I stay in the shop so much these days, I've not had much time to see any shows in a while. But I will make a point to hear this one. Enjoy it and drop by anytime--I'm always at the shop. Thanks again.
"Things can work,but not as well as they might if your thinking had been better" - J. Williams, MIT
Wow! Cant wait to test drive it myself!! Fred did an excellent job on the cabinet!! Congrats Jody she sure it beautiful!! I think the logo looks just fine!
Brandon
'74 Emmons D10 P/P 8x5,'15 Rittenberry D10 8x5, Peavey Nashville 112, 400 & 1000, Fender Twin Reverb Tone Master, Hilton, Goodrich L120, Boss DD-3 and RV-3
Thanks Brandon for your kind words about the mica work on Jody's new Rittenberry.
I would like to point out though, that I can only take credit for the custom front apron work, and not the intire cabinet. As this guitar is Rittenberry built thru and thru. Happy picken you all.
BTW- Jody
I wasn't putting down the nameplate on your guitar- I think it looks great. I was just saying that a screw-on one like Chris was talking about wouldn't look as good. To each his own, though.
Sorry for any confusion
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jc
