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Standard features include: a teardrop shaped, offset sound hole, which means the need for fewer braces.

Guitar Thrills Magazine
Posted: August 8, 2024
The Versitar guitars are being built in Lebanon, TN, by highly-skilled luthiers under the direction of veteran factory manager Chris Roberts.
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Guitar retailer George Gruhn is a man who's heard or played just about every type of stringed instrument made, and he's heard them played by the best musicians out there. Even at that, Gruhn says there are acoustic guitar sounds that could and should be made, that he simply isn't hearing from the traditional makers. So, he's out to change that. After 53 years in instrument sales, George Gruhn is designing and building his own guitars. He calls his new creation the "Versitar."

Aptly named because of its incredible versatility, it's an instrument that sounds warm, articulate, and full, whether strummed, flat-picked, thumb-picked, or played finger-style. And, it's well suited for pretty much any style of music you'd play on an acoustic guitar. George Gruhn says the market isn't looking for another Martin, Gibson, or Fender clone. So don't expect it to look or sound like any of those familiar brands.

The Versitar is built with the same combinations of tonewoods you'd expect on an acoustic instrument. (i.e. mahogany, rosewood, spruce, cedar). In addition to these standard options, you can get them in a wide variety sustainable American woods such as: black locust, walnut, ash, Osage orange, holly, and exotics including cocobolo, Nicaraguan and Brazilian rosewood. Standard features include: a teardrop shaped, offset soundhole, which means the need for fewer braces; a cutaway that allows access to 22 frets; a truss rod that extends the entire length of the neck; and a bolt-on neck that will never strip, no matter how many times you loosen and tighten the furniture-style bolts. Gruhn says all of these things contribute to great stability, and a balance of tone and volume all the way up and down the neck. Over the decades, George Gruhn has collaborated with makers like Guild, Tacoma, and Collings. Though he's proud of his work with the other makers, he says depending on someone else to build his designs has been challenging. Gruhn says, "I finally decided to take some of my previous designs an evolutionary step further, and open a factory of my own to produce them." Gruhn says this is his bucket-list project, "I intend to stay with it, and see this baby through adolescence, to being a very self-sufficient operation and a design that will be considered historically significant."    

The Versitar guitars are being built in Lebanon, TN, by highly-skilled luthiers under the direction of veteran factory manager Chris Roberts. The Versitar instruments are now available for purchase at Gruhn Guitars and a handful of other select dealers. To see in-stock models, click HERE.

Visit the Versitar webpage at www.gruhnmfg.com 

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