The Guitarworks Great Guitar Giveaway

This holiday season, win the gift of music courtesy of the one and only Guitarworks in Greenwood, the place to Take Your Pick! During the next three weeks (12/2-12/20), Paul Mendenhall will be giving away three great guitars from Washburn Guitars and G&L. A Washburn Electric-Acoustic Cutaway guitar,  a G&L Takamine GD-20 Acoustic Guitar and a G&L Tribute Doheny Guitar.  Correctly answer the Morning Music Mindbender at 7:35 to qualify for that week’s guitar. Then on Friday, Paul will draw a winner. Description of the guitars are below:

Week 1 guitar is a Washburn Electric-Acoustic Cutaway

This is an outstanding Dreadnought Cutaway acoustic guitar, with a Premium Solid Sitka Spruce top. The Cathedral Peaked Scalloped-X bracing is normally featured in guitars worth far more, so you’ll hear superior tone that improves with age. Mahogany body and neck, with a cutaway for easy access to the uppermost frets.

This great Washburn is ready to plug in for performance or recording, with built in pickup system and onboard tuner. The Fishman Preamp provides the most natural amplified acoustic tone, with volume, bass and treble controls and a phase switch for feedback control.

Other outstanding features include a two-way truss rod, “Nu-Bone” Synthetic Bone nut and compensated saddle for precise intonation, 1 11/16” Nut-width for playing comfort, and a custom Setup and calibration by famed Guitarworks Luthier and Blooming native Deric Rush!

Put it all together with a custom strap and Guitarworks Gig Bag case and it’s a package value over $800! It’s a guitar any Pro would be proud to take to stage
or studio-  and it’s yours to win from the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood—the place to Take Your Pick!

Week 2 guitar is a Takamine GD-20 Acoustic Guitar

Here’s the classic Dreadnought body style with mahogany back and a Solid cedar top with Quartersawn X-bracing. The Takamine GD20 resonates with loud, rich, bold tone and classic look you expect from a Dreadnought guitar, with impressive ease of playability Takamine is known for!

Takamine has been designing and building acoustic guitars for 50 years, at the foot of Japan’s Takamine mountains, with quality and value as their guiding principles. Takamine uses only the finest tonewoods, construction techniques, and is a world leader in technical guitar building innovations.

That’s why for decades Takamine Guitars have been the most widely played guitars on the planet. They’re constantly seen in the hands of music’s biggest stars – across all genres of music – both in studio and on stage!

Your friends at Guitarworks wants to put a bow on it and stuff it under your Christmas tree! With it’s smooth, satin finish, Guitarworks gig bag and matching Takamine Strap, it’s a package retail value over $600! And it’s yours to win from the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood—the place to Take Your Pick!

Week 3 – The G&L Tribute “Doheny” Guitar

The G&L Doheny is the evolution of the offset body Leo Fender design, inspired by the classic surf sound born in Southern California.

Doheny takes the bolt-on offset-body into new sonic territory with newly developed Magnetic Field Design™ jazz pickups, the first on any production G&L. So what’s it like? The sound is rich in harmonics yet surprisingly full – echoes of the 60’s with more output and range for today’s music.

Add Leo’s Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, allowing up and down-bend with unsurpassed stability, and you have Pro-level workhorse guitar that will be different from any other guitar in your arsenal- the results are just astounding! Weather you’re a gigging pro or a bedroom guitarist, on-stage or in-studio, you’ll love The G&L Doheny. It’s a true joy to play.

You can win this one- Finished in miles-deep Piano Black, including a custom Guitarworks gig bag- a package retail value over $900, presented by your friends at the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place to Take Your Pick!.

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The Guitarworks Great Guitar Giveaway


This holiday season, win the gift of music courtesy of the one and only Guitarworks in Greenwood, the place to Take Your Pick! During the next four weeks (11/26-12/21), Paul Mendenhall will be giving away four great guitars. A G&L Tribute Legacy guitar, a Tribute L-2000 Bass, a G&L Tribute ASAT Classic and a Takamine GN30ce Sunburst guitar. Correctly answer the Morning Music Mindbender at 7:35 to qualify for that week’s guitar. Then on Friday, Paul will draw a winner. Description of the guitars are below:


Week 1 – The G&L Tribute Legacy “Strat”

Winner: Scott McClintock

The G&L Legacy model is the pinnacle of Leo Fender’s career- Leo’s finest, most advanced Stratocaster design
The Legacy features USA hand-wound vintage Alnico single coil pickups – the result of Leo Fender’s lifetime of engineering knowledge. Their response is a gross improvement over his old school pickups, while still preserving that unmistakable chime of the late 50’s Strats. One can properly rock the house, with all the versatility of most sought-after strats of yesteryear.
Add Leo’s Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, allowing up and down-bend with unsurpassed stability, and you have Pro-level workhorse guitar suitable to all playing styles on-stage or in-studio. Whether you’re a gigging pro or a bedroom guitarist, you’ll love the G&L Legacy HB. It’s – the most versatile Strat ever created, and a true joy to play
You can win this one- Finished in miles-deep Piano Black, with a retail value over $800, presented by your friends at the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place to Take Your Pick.


Week 2 – G&L Tribute L-2000 Bass guitar valued at $1100

Winner: Adam Grudis of Fishers

Leo Fender was the inventor of the electric bass guitar, and his iconic designs continue to be the benchmark for every brand on the market
When Leo founded the G&L company, he again redefined the bass, evolving his famous “Music Man” design into G&L’s flagship L-2000 model`
Never before has such a wide range of tones come from a single bass- making the G&L L-2000 suitable to players of every musical style and taste
You can win this G&L Tribute L-2000, featuring two handbound, USA made, Magnetic Field Design Humbucking pickups, connected to with Leo’s unique “Tri-Tone” Active control system.
This configuration allows for Passive or Active operation, and Series or Parallel coil options. What THAT means is, this bass is right at home with R&B Players, Power Rock musicians as well as the Funkiest Pop & Slap bassists
Leo further departed with the past with the addition of his innovative Saddle-Lock Bridge, that transfers string energy right into the body end-grain for an incredible resonance and sustain
Guitarworks, the one and only place to “Take Your Pick” has chosen to give you a G&L Tribute L-2000 in stunning Tobacco Sunburst finish over a figured Swamp Ash body. It is truly a work of art to play and to behold. Retail value on this fine bass is over $1100, and it could be yours, from your friends at the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place.. to Take Your Pick!


Week 3 guitar is a G&L Tribute ASAT Classic
The G&L Tribute ASAT Classic is Leo Fender’s final word on the Telecaster design, single cutaway bolt-on guitar. You’ll find this to be a very versatile instrument, from round clean jazz tones to thick gritty blues. The ASAT Classic stays true to proven old-school Tele design, but adds Leo’s Fantastic single-coil Magnet Field Design hand wound, USA pickups and 6 brass-saddle box bridge for crisp attack and complex harmonics , all the while improving intonation accuracy.
The one and only Guitarworks in Greenwood has chosen this ASAT Classic finished in miles-deep Piano Black, a fantastic axe just drippin’ with Leo mojo, that will make an incredible addition to your collection.
Valued at over $ 700, we wanna make it yours for Christmas! Our gift to you, from Paul Mendenhall and the Morning Music Mindbender, the WTTS crew, and of course from your friends at the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place.. to Take Your Pick!


Week 4 Takamine GN30ce Sunburst
For our final week we wanted something completely different. So the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place.. to Take Your Pick! Has chosen a fine acoustic/electric guitar from the world’s leader- Takamine guitars!
Takamine is the choice of so many of the world’s top professionals, universally accepted as the standard of modern acoustic performance on stage and in the studio.
This week Guitarworks in Greenwood presents The GN20CE-in Natural Satin finish. Takamine’s compact “NEX” body style and Takamine electronics create a guitar that sounds as good as it looks. The GN20CE marries a solid cedar top with sapele back and sides to produce a warm, beautifully detailed tone perfect for a wide range of musical styles. A slim satin-finished neck and 12″-radius fingerboard feels great, and Takamine’s TP-4TD preamp has a built-in tuner and three-band EQ.
the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place.. to Take Your Pick! Is the nation’s ONLY Takamine Premier Showroom, chosen by Takamine’s Japanese headquarters to owners the #1 reference dealer from the Takamine website! Guitarworks features the entire line of Pro series and G series guitars- just Take Your Pick!”
Valued at over $ 650, we wanna put it under your tree!! Our gift to you, from Takamine guitars, the Morning Music Mindbender, and of course from your friends at the One and Only Guitarworks in Greenwood- the place.. to Take Your Pick! The nation’s #1 Takamine guitar dealer!

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The Guitarworks Great Guitar Giveaway

This holiday season, win the gift of music courtesy of the one and only Guitarworks in Greenwood, the place to Take Your Pick! During the next three weeks (11/27-12/15), Paul Mendenhall will be giving away three great guitars from G&L guitars – the Leo Fender company. a G&L Tribute Legacy guitar, a Tribute L-2000 Bass and a G&L Tribute Fallout guitar.   Correctly answer the Morning Music Mindbender at 7:35 to qualify for that week’s guitar. Then on Friday, Paul will draw a winner. Description of the guitars are below:

G&L Tribute Fallout  (Week 1)

The Fallout from G&L is a different animal –  a cool looking, comfortable body style that grew from the “Mustang” style, with significant improvements. First, the Fallout is a Mahogany body, equipped with Leo Fender’s patented Saddle Lock bridge, for greater sustain and harmonic balance. The medium-C-shape neck has a 12” radius is a 25 ½” scale, the same as the Stratocaster, and a big departure for Mustang style guitars. So it’s instantly comfortable in the Strat or Tele player’s hands . Then the  G&L Fallout pairs a“ P-90″ Alnico neck pickup with a tap-able Humbucker in the bridge for a huge range of tones. From dirty riffs to jangly hooks, this is a guitar that can be mercilessly thrashed and never miss a beat. Premier Guitar magazine’s recent review gave the G&L Fallout a PERFECT score 4 star rating across the board. A striking looking instrument in Fullerton Red, with a vintage gloss neck, it has a retail value of over $640, presented by your friends at the one and only Guitarworks in Greenwood – the place to Take Your Pick!

G&L Tribute L-2000 Bass (Week 2)

Leo Fender rewrote history once more with the L-2000 bass, the evolution of his Music Man bass design. Never before has such a wide range of tones come from a single bass guitar, making the L-2000 suitable to players of every musical style and taste. The L-2000 features a pair of G&L Magnetic Field Design™ humbucking pickups, backed with the flexible Tri-Tone™ control system. This allows for passive or active operation, series or parallel signal routing and a trio of knobs for volume, treble and bass. The G&L L-2000 fits any situation, from classic R&B to power-packed rock to poppin’ funk. Plus Leo Fender’s patented Saddle-Lock™ bridge to transfer string energy right into the body end-grain for an incredibly resonant instrument. Retail value on this fine G&L bass is over $1100, and it’s going home with week two’s big winner, courtesy of G&L and Guitarworks in Greenwood, the place to “Take Your Pick!

G&L Tribute Legacy (week 3)

Like the name implies, the G&L Tribute Legacy model is Leo Fender’s life-long pinnacle of Stratocaster designs.

G & L spent great time and effort analyzing the real mojo of Leo’s vintage “Holy Grail” Strats, and their persistence truly paid off in the G&L Legacy guitar.  The unmistakable chime and “quack” of the Legacy’s Alnico V pickups is reminiscent of the best vintage ‘50s Fenders, and has won rave reviews from both the playing pros and magazines like Guitar Player and Guitar World.

Paired with Leo Fender’s Dual-Fulcrum vibrato, an engineering marvel that allows bending up or down with unsurpassed stability, The Legacy is all about honest, classic tone complemented by Leo’s own modern refinements.

Whether you’re a gigging pro or a bedroom guitarist, the G&L Legacy delivers every tone you could desire from the classic Strat guitar.  Guitarworks in Greenwood and WTTS will give it to YOU if you are week three’s grand prize winner!

 

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