Another BEAUTIFUL new Rittenberry

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 27 Sep 2009 10:19 am

Gary has worked his magic again. Black mica on the top and rear apron, and black-to-blue lacquer front apron. It's so smooth, you can't tell where the mica stops and the lacquer begins. Under the hood is a piece of art as well. Just see for yourself. I was fortunate to get to meet Gary when I took delivery of the guitar. He is justifiably proud of his work, and he wanted to be sure I was happy with it. Needless to say.....YEAH, I AM! I got it home and was going to spend a few minutes getting the pedals and knee levers adjusted to fit, and two hours later I was still playing and loving what I was hearing. I took it to the gig last night, and fell in love with it again. Gary tells me there is a twin to this cabinet that will be a D-10 and then head to Texas. I know you'll love it, Jody! Enjoy the pictures.

Bill Lowe · Post by **Bill Lowe** » 27 Sep 2009 1:13 pm

Hey Roger, congrats on the new guitar. It's beautiful. The mica/lacquer is a great idea. It looks great. Good Luck !!!

Bill

Gary Cosden · Post by **Gary Cosden** » 27 Sep 2009 1:16 pm

This guitar is a real stunner! I like the idea a lot. Congratulations! Looks like a keeper to me.

Jody Cameron · Post by **Jody Cameron** » 27 Sep 2009 1:33 pm

Wow!! What a beautiful piece of work! I would be happy if mine looks half as good as this one...but I know Gary would never settle for that

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Congratulations, Roger...you will love the guitar. The guitars that Gary is building are very finely crafted, precision instruments. The consistency of tone is amazing from one guitar to the next; they all sound the same, and they all sound fantastic.

Roger, what kind of amp rig do you use with the Ritt?

Can't wait to get mine.

JC

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 27 Sep 2009 2:03 pm

Bill & Gary, thanks guys! The mica/lacquer combination makes a lot of sense. The top and back apron are subject to the most damage (bar dings and belt buckle scratches), and just doing lacquer on the front apron makes it a beautiful guitar and keeps the cost in reason.

Jody, you really have something to look forward to. Last night I played through a Ken Fox modded Webb with a JBL speaker. What a combination. Some of our one hour shows I use a Nashville 112 (or two), and I'm also putting together a Revelation preamp and TC M350 effects unit. I have no doubt that the Ritt will sound great through any of them.

Steve English · Post by **Steve English** » 27 Sep 2009 3:40 pm

Sweeeeeeeet!!

Congratulations!

Dennis Wireman · Post by **Dennis Wireman** » 27 Sep 2009 4:16 pm

Roger fine looking horn there for sure. making Jody druel I bet

One thing bout it that Gary does fantastic work and makes them right and sound fantastic and a great person to deal with . keep on pickin and grinin and be proud to be another Rittenberry owner .

Steve Hotra · Post by **Steve Hotra** » 27 Sep 2009 4:34 pm

Wow... what a great looking Rittenberry!
Enjoy!

Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 27 Sep 2009 4:51 pm

Beautiful !

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 27 Sep 2009 5:56 pm

Congrats Roger, Glad you like it and welcome to the club. I almost went with the blue but decided on the red. The blue sure looks awesome.
BD

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 28 Sep 2009 12:13 am

Stunning !
Many moons of happiness to both of ya's Roger

Ernest Cawby · Post by **Ernest Cawby** » 28 Sep 2009 3:10 am

Lets see, A ? A wiliams, A Mullen, A Rit, is this one it????????????????

see u in Saluda in Nov. hope it last that long.

ernnie

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 28 Sep 2009 4:02 am

Ernie, the stable right now is my Zum D-10, Mullen G2 SD-10 and the Rittenberry. All are marvelous guitars, and each has it's strong points. The Ritt is a top drawer guitar. Take a look while we're in Saluda.

Dennis Lee · Post by **Dennis Lee** » 28 Sep 2009 11:01 am

Another stunning creation by Gary! You said it all when you speak about the tone and this guitar being top drawer. Gary ought to be a very busy man, I'm sure!

Jody Cameron · Post by **Jody Cameron** » 28 Sep 2009 4:36 pm

Roger, sounds like you're in "amp heaven"

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I was talking to Gary today and he told me that with some design innovations in the past year he now has the measurable cabinet drop on the 4th str. on his guitars down to an avg. of 3.75 cents. That's less than 1Hz. Pretty negligible in the scheme of things, I think.

Dennis, how are things in the great Northwest? Sure would love to visit again.

JC

Joe Rogers · Post by **Joe Rogers** » 28 Sep 2009 7:44 pm

Roger, I had the treat of test driving your beauty before you did. It is an absolute jewel. If you wouldn't have taken it, I would have.

Gary does terrific work, and this mica/lacquer combination is a winner in my book. You do get the best of both worlds. I had first seen Gary's work about 2 years ago. What he is building now is a totally different animal. Truly great guitars.

Joe Rogers

Rick Sharp · Post by **Rick Sharp** » 29 Sep 2009 12:26 pm

Hey Roger,
I know you'll love this guitar. Gary did mine a couple of years ago...the mechanics are right on! I'm a little partial to the color scheme too!

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have mine!

Have a great day,
Rick

Rick Sharp · Post by **Rick Sharp** » 29 Sep 2009 12:41 pm

I should make the correction...my guitar is not a Rittenberry, but rather a custom built...Gary only worked on the undercarrage and the changer... but it's still smooth as silk.

Rick

Brandon Ordoyne · Post by **Brandon Ordoyne** » 29 Sep 2009 3:31 pm

Beeeeauitful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your new Ritt...I enjoy mine!

Brandon

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 29 Sep 2009 5:15 pm

Joe, I'm glad you got to try it out. I hope you left some good licks on it! Gary told me you had test driven it and gave your seal of approval. Tommy Dodd called last night to ask about the new guitar. He said you and he talked, but he didn't realize the guitar you played was mine! We've got the GaSGA show coming up November 1st. I bet it get's the once over by several players.

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 30 Sep 2009 6:27 pm

Joe, you had better join the club you won't regret it.

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 3 Oct 2009 12:36 pm

Gary called. He wanted to follow up to be sure I was still happy with the guitar. That's customer service!

Ulf Edlund · Post by **Ulf Edlund** » 6 Oct 2009 1:55 pm

WHOA!

Stunning

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