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"Honestly, I'm not ignorant to a lot of guitars, but I've never heard of that particular one. The state guitar should be something culturally embedded in New Mexico. . .A broad variety of music has come from New Mexico and from a broad variety of guitar styles. This question is for a historian who knows the cultures of early New Mexico."
"State flowers and birds are one thing, but a state guitar? Even as a guitarist of almost 30 years it seems a bit, ummm, manufactured. I mean, what's next? The state car? (It would have to be a low-rider). The state set of dining utensils as crafted by Nambé?. . .Having said all that, the instrument itself seems to be well made... Even though I'm more of a rocker, it feels right that it's acoustic. Although if I were designing it, it would have to be some kind of hybrid: Half hollow body, with both steel and nylon strings (appropriate for Flamenco AND Bluegrass), half solid body (designed for blues noodling, the other official music of New Mexico), with a screaming bridge pickup (for all our fledgling Warehouse 21 and Albuquerque metalheads), and a wide fingerboard for Jazz and Mariachi players. The Zia Sun and Bear inlays can stay, but Black? It should be stained in tasteful shades of Red and Green."See the full content of this document
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The guitar's back and sides are made from" 40-year-old East Indian rosewood; its neck is carved from Honduran mahogany. The front panel is polished Sitka spruce with an ebony trim, finger board and bridge...
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