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I did a search on the forum for the word "Garrison" before I posted this so I know that some people are either aware of, or use, Garrison guitars. For those that aren't aware of them, they're a company based in Newfoundland and they were founded by a man named Chris Griffiths. The unique thing about these guitars is the fact they use something called the Active Bracing System. Here's what they say on the website about it:
"The Griffiths Active Bracing System is a revolutionary method of guitar construction that took over 6 years to perfect. Our entire company is built on this more intelligent way to build guitars. By integrating the binding, kerfing, bridge plate and all the braces into one glass fibre component, the top is activated by having all parts vibrate in unison. It also provides enhanced structural stability that would normally take hours to construct using traditional production techniques. We do it in just 45 seconds by employing unique projection molding technologies. The technology is not designed to cut corners, but add value. A single-unit brace means no matter where you create a vibration inside your guitar, the resonance has an uninterrupted path to travel throughout the instrument.
The Griffiths Active Bracing System and other innovations improve overall sound quality, but also vastly reduce our production costs. That’s right; we can produce a high quality acoustic guitar at a lower overall cost!
We pass these efficiencies on to you allowing us to use SOLID WOOD on every Garrison Guitar we manufacture. We use many traditional and non-traditional tone woods such as East Indian Rosewood, Sapele, Western Red Cedar, Englemann Spruce, Sitka Spruce and Canadian birch. In addition, every Garrison Guitar comes with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System, D'addario Strings, TUSQ nuts and saddles and optional Fishman Electronics."
I did get a chance to play a Garrison at a music expo here in Toronto a few years ago but there was so much noise coming from the other booths that I didn't get to hear it properly so for those that have a Garrison how would you describe the tonal quality in comparison to say a Martin, Gibson, Taylor, etc?
As for their new endorsee you can "Rush" over and read about him here: http://www.garrisonguitars.com/news.asp?id=20 :wink:
"The Griffiths Active Bracing System is a revolutionary method of guitar construction that took over 6 years to perfect. Our entire company is built on this more intelligent way to build guitars. By integrating the binding, kerfing, bridge plate and all the braces into one glass fibre component, the top is activated by having all parts vibrate in unison. It also provides enhanced structural stability that would normally take hours to construct using traditional production techniques. We do it in just 45 seconds by employing unique projection molding technologies. The technology is not designed to cut corners, but add value. A single-unit brace means no matter where you create a vibration inside your guitar, the resonance has an uninterrupted path to travel throughout the instrument.
The Griffiths Active Bracing System and other innovations improve overall sound quality, but also vastly reduce our production costs. That’s right; we can produce a high quality acoustic guitar at a lower overall cost!
We pass these efficiencies on to you allowing us to use SOLID WOOD on every Garrison Guitar we manufacture. We use many traditional and non-traditional tone woods such as East Indian Rosewood, Sapele, Western Red Cedar, Englemann Spruce, Sitka Spruce and Canadian birch. In addition, every Garrison Guitar comes with the Buzz Feiten Tuning System, D'addario Strings, TUSQ nuts and saddles and optional Fishman Electronics."
I did get a chance to play a Garrison at a music expo here in Toronto a few years ago but there was so much noise coming from the other booths that I didn't get to hear it properly so for those that have a Garrison how would you describe the tonal quality in comparison to say a Martin, Gibson, Taylor, etc?
As for their new endorsee you can "Rush" over and read about him here: http://www.garrisonguitars.com/news.asp?id=20 :wink: