Re: OT: Renaissance Guitars

[tony moore <tony-moore@juno.com>]

hey guys,

i've been playing rick's basses (fretless renassaince and electroline and
fretted piccolo ren) for about 3-4 years now and can't recommend them
highly enough. the ren fretless is the most expressive instrument i've
ever laid my hands on. and anyone that has the guts to make an instrument
with just one tone knob as the only eq (and sound freakin' incredible!) 
is my undisputed hero :-)

kudos!

tony

ps - did i say they're dang pretty too?


On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:10:23 -0800 "William R. Walker,"
<chillyb@cruzio.com> writes:
> 
>    Greetings fellow Loopers. When I'm not gigging, looping my brains 
> out, or
> >teaching guitar, I work part time  for luthier extraodinaire Rick 
> Turner at
> >Renaissance Guitar Co. I first became aware of Rick's innovative 
> creations in
> >1998 shortly after receiving my brand new Jeff Traugott acoustic 
> guitar.
> >After a few high anxiety gigs under adverse acoustic conditions I 
> realized I
> >needed a guitar that didn't make me nervous when I took it out on 
> gigs,  and
> >wasn't prone to feedback like all fine acoustic guitars ultimately 
> are. My
> >search led me to Rick Turner who had just moved his shop to Santa 
> Cruz where
> >I live. Rick's innovative semi-acoustic designs coupled with 
> arguably the
> >best custom electronics available prompted me to purchase my first
> >Renaissance RS-6.  Even Jeff Traugott admitted that in an amplified 
> setting,
> >The Renaissance sounded better than my Traugott guitar with a good 
> pickup.
> >This is high praise indeed coming form Jeff who makes a world 
> renown acoustic
> >guitar, I find my Ren guitars (I now have 3) really shine in a 
> looping
> >context where layering can really wreck feedback havoc with a 
> conventional
> >acoustic guitar. I also have been getting excellent results in my 
> home studio
> >where issues of space, noise floor, and self-engineering hassles 
> sometimes
> >make recording acoustic guitars with conventional miking 
> techniques
> >impractical.
> >   We at Renaissance are a small factory without much advertising 
> budget, and
> >we realize that the one of the best ways to get our instruments out 
> in the
> >public eye, is to get them in the hands of working pros, and 
> stimulate the
> >buzz on the street. That being said, I have been given the green 
> light by
> >Rick to offer pro discounts to members of loopers delight, for any 
> of our
> >production models. So as not to incur the wrath of our dealer 
> network, we can
> >only offer this deal to LD members and not friends of friends.  
> Also in the
> >interest of discretion I am not including pricing in this e-mail, 
> and I'm
> >asking interested parties to get in touch with me directly at my 
> e-mail
> >address: chillyb@cruzio.com, or at the renaissance e-mail address:
> >rturner466@aol.com, or by phone at the shop: 831-460-9144 between 
> 10am-2 PM
> >PST, and I can fill you in on the details. In the Renaissance line 
> we make
> >both 4 and 5 string fretted and fretless Basses , 6 and 12 string  
> standard
> >and baritone guitars, and two different models of nylon string 
> classical
> >guitars. We also make the Electroline series of 4 and 5 string 
> basses and the
> >acclaimed M1 electric guitar. Lindsey Buckingham's weapon of choice 
> for the
> >last twenty odd years. Also you might want to check out the reviews 
> on
> >Harmony Central, one of which I wrote before I started working for
> >Renaissance. I would be happy to send literature to anyone 
> interested, and
> >also check us out online at www.renaissanceguitars.com.
> >Thanks,
> >Bill Walker
> >Renaissance Guitars
> >
> 
> 
>