eBAY - July 18, 2010 A previously unknown Joe Maphis Mosrite Special made for Doyle Burgess in 1957 was sold on eBay for $9,300. Originally offered at $49,900 Buy it Now found its own level when offered with no reserve. Looks surprisingly like the original Maphis double neck and in almost original condition sans the bolt on Bigsby and the strange bridge. It would have been great to have this in a guitar stand in the music room.
UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE - June 12, 2010 - Bill Bartlett has been in contact with TNM. First of all, it's not Bill Bartlett in the photo holding the guitar. What!!! That's right. Bill called and was shocked to see his guitar on my site. Bill never actually saw the guitar finished. It's a long story. The short version; While with the group 'The Lemon Pipers"and the hit 'Green Tambourine'. (Remember them from the 60's?) They had an endorsement deal with Mosrite. Bill commissioned Semie Moseley to built him a fancy 6/12 doubleneck with all the trimmings like Joe Maphis's. The band came apart and Bill wasn't able to make the final payments for the custom guitar. As a consolation Semie sent him another not so fancy 6/12. Bill never knew this guitar ever got finished or even existed until last week when he saw the photo of it in our News page .He has no idea who guy in the Nudie type outfit is .
Another very interesting note is that Bill was the singer and lead guitar for the Southern Rock Band "Ram Jam" that had the classic rock hit "Black Betty" More on Bill and his other Mosrite's in a separate entry soon. READ BILL'S MOSRITE RECOLECTIONS. Page is under construction but readable.
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NORTH HILLS, CA - April 15, 2010 - TNM Guitars announces the creation of a new guitar type to be known as the M-5 series. Styled after the timeless design of the Gibson L-5 body but about 3/4 size. Number 1 will feature a carved spruce top with mahogany body and neck, tasteful inlays in the headcap and fingerboard with a single Benedetto B-6 jazz pickup at the neck position. Neck: 1 3/4" at the nut, 2 1/4 at the 22 fret. The perfect blend for jazz or fingerstyle expression. Look for it this winter at NAMM and DDGGF. Price TBD.
NORTH HILLS, CA - April 4, 2010 - Alan Mills has commissioned a new single neck guitar based on the Buddy Dughi TNM Special ..The new guitar dubbed the "Roc-King" will feature the same killer black lacquer finish and white pickguards as its 2 neck sister. Construction will begin shortly. Look for progress photos in the Town Hall Series pages. This will be Alan's 3rd TNM and his family's 4th. Lloyd Mills, Alan's son is the proud owner of Maphis #009. Thank you guys. Roc-King page.
NYC - March 31, 2010 - Andy Taub has purchased the Corral #2. It feature all chrome hardware and vintage '65, DeArmond pickups. Andy has a killer recording studio in NYC called Brooklyn Recording with a magnificent studio and a class A who's-who client list. Thank you kindly Andy. Ready to ship. Andy Taub Corral photos.
SANTA BARBARA, CA - March 29, 2010 Larry Collins receives his Collins/Moseley creation he calls the "Larrico". Built in 1957 or so in Semie Moseley's shop in Granada Hills, CA. Built by Larry, with the help of Semie. Larry played this guitar on Town Hall Party at least once. He says that the audience wanted to see the doubleneck so it didn't get much stage time. Larry loaned it out to a friend some 30 years ago and finally got it back about a year ago in sad condition. It went thru a minor refurbishing, including thorough deep cleaning, tailpiece and bridge replacement, new contour filler under the sleeve guard, re-wiring and repaired a nearly broken off headstock. It's ready to rock and still plays and sounds great! Take a look at the Larrico on Town Hall Party
NORTH HILLS, CA - February 20, 2010 - Smokin' Joe Robinson, international super guitar hero tries out the Gentry in recent visit to Los Angeles. Joe was in town to do a concert with Jazz legend Lee Ritenour.
ANAHEIM, CA- January 16, 2010 - Alan Mills surprised me again this year purchasing the Corral prototype #1.( Alan also has Town Hall #2.) I'm going to have to personalize it a bit before he takes possesion with his name in the pickguard. Thank you Alan. I had an offer the same evening from another one of my previous customers on this guitar as well but Alan had spoken first. Not to worry . . . I can make more. Here's what the mod will look like for Alan. Subtle but nice.
ANAHEIM - ANHEIM PLAZA HOTEL-January 16, 2010 -Deke Dickerson's Guitar Geek Festival #7. Another great show, perhaps the best yet. Deke's tireless efforts really made for the best show in town that night in Anahiem. It was the place to be! - Check out the photos. click the Misc Photos button
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ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER - NAMM January, 2010 - A big thank you to Wayne LaFarr of Aphex Systems for inviting me to display and demo my Town Hall guitar at his booth. I don't know how many pickers played it but the 2 times we swung by Aphex I snapped these shots. Top: Thom Bresh, next: Gary Lambert, bottom Brian Lonbeck and Gary Lambert and not pictured, Michael O'Dorn. Wayne said it got a real workout.
NORTH HILLS, CA - November 2009, The all new CORRAL. Right out of the bunkhouse. Western-Rodeo attitude with the sound to make it the top buckaroo in any honky-tonk or road house in town. See photos and specs.
NORTH HILLS, CA - October 1, 2009 - TNM Guitars proudly introduces the next Classic
in the TOWN HALL line - Here is the GENTRY. The Uptown Cousin, all decked out
in it's Classic simplicity. Go to the GENTRY PHOTOS page for more information.
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!
The Deke Dickerson 7th Annual Guitar Geek Festival will sell out fast. Take a look at the incredible line up this year then secure your tickets today.
NORTH HILLS, CA - November 15, 2009 - Mike Brown has ordered the first "CORRAL" With not even a full picture of it on the TNM site. What he could see was so captivating he just had to have one. We're going to build it with chrome hardware and there will be a special Southwest mini painting on the tailpiece by Mike's brother. Full photo coverage of the new CORRAL model should be up soon. Thank you Mike.
What could be better - a TNM doubleneck, a Standel amp and a canine fan club.
AND YET ANOTHER "BIG BODY" shows up. This full featured doubleneck came to light on Ebay. Not the guitar but as a photo only. An unknown guitar to those that keep track of such things. It is the first 6/12 to surface. Estimated to have been made in the 80's. Does anyone know of Bill Bartlett or where he might be these days? It would be a major find.
NORTH HILLS, CA - August 27, 2009 - A revision in doublneck history. Add one more
Joe Maphis type double neck to the count. Doug Brewer as a young man in early 60's
Bakersfield became the 5th recipient of these Semie masterpieces. Doug and Danny
Ellison (from the Mosrite Forum) and Adam Tober stopped by TNM for a visit.
DON HUNT from S. Carolina has commissioned The Maphis SN012. Thank you kindly.
We'll be putting our shoulder to the wheel shortly. It should be completed Spring 2010.
I'll have the progress link up soon. Progress photos.
ALAN MILLS - Performing in London. No further informaion
NORTH HILLS, CA July 19, 2009 - Mike Brown receives his TNM Maphis. Bryan Browne (SN010) was on hand to welcome Mike into the TNM family. Mike's guitar features the inline 6 heads and the 1st ever Bigsby tremolo with violin tailpiece. See finished photos
Nashville - CAAS July 2009 - Bryan Browne plays the Mighty TNM in his set at the
annual Chet Atkins Society gathering. In attendance was Jody Maphis, who last year gave Bryan his dad's (Joe Maphis) guitar strap. In this photo Bryan is playing Flying Fingers
one of Joe's anthems
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Anaheim, CA - January 17, 2009 Alan Mills, right off the plane from the UK, receives his TNM Town Hall SN02 at the start of NAMM week. Alan introduced his new baby at the nearby Juke Joint nightclub during a guest appearance with Buddy and Suzy (Mr and Mrs Rockabilly) Finished photos of Alan's guitar |
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