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tanglewood,westport,glendale guitars;
A review of the Metropolitan Tanglewood Custom Electric-Acoustic,
By Baker Rorick, as found in January 1998 Guitar Shop Magazine:
"And now for something completely different…the Metropolitan Tanglewood. The Tanglewood Custom is styled after top-of-the-line National Glenwood map-shaped guitars of the early '60s, which had fiberglass bodies, clunky necks with plastic inlays and horrible frets, weak pickups, a bad crystal bridge pickup, and slipshod workmanship. Cheese aficionados and collectors pay big bucks for Glenwoods – as much as $2500 – even though many are suitable only for decoration. The Metropolitan Tanglewood reproduces that classic look, even the Gumby headstock faced with white plastic, but more than improves on the original in every way.
The Tanglewood Custom is handmade in Houston with plenty of fine workmanship and attention to detail. The body is made of African fakimba wood, with a gorgeous, hand rubbed lacquer finish, and polished chrome molding around the edge to mimic the plastic grommet of the old "Res-O-Glas" Nationals. The "scooped" or "German" cut on the front and back of the body creates a raised top and back that entails plenty of extra hand-work in body sanding and finish buffing stages ...
A review of the Metropolitan Tanglewood Custom Electric-Acoustic,
By Baker Rorick, as found in January 1998 Guitar Shop Magazine:
"And now for something completely different…the Metropolitan Tanglewood. The Tanglewood Custom is styled after top-of-the-line National Glenwood map-shaped guitars of the early '60s, which had fiberglass bodies, clunky necks with plastic inlays and horrible frets, weak pickups, a bad crystal bridge pickup, and slipshod workmanship. Cheese aficionados and collectors pay big bucks for Glenwoods – as much as $2500 – even though many are suitable only for decoration. The Metropolitan Tanglewood reproduces that classic look, even the Gumby headstock faced with white plastic, but more than improves on the original in every way.
The Tanglewood Custom is handmade in Houston with plenty of fine workmanship and attention to detail. The body is made of African fakimba wood, with a gorgeous, hand rubbed lacquer finish, and polished chrome molding around the edge to mimic the plastic grommet of the old "Res-O-Glas" Nationals. The "scooped" or "German" cut on the front and back of the body creates a raised top and back that entails plenty of extra hand-work in body sanding and finish buffing stages ...
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