Post #279811 by Mai Tai on Fri, Jan 19, 2007 8:29 PM

On 2007-01-19 14:53, hewey wrote:
Theres a guy called Nacho on here (mates with Kahaka, Nacho is the guy who built that huge tiki tiki bar that is at hot rod events). Hes done some, not sure how many etc.

Those two in the pic by my guitar are the only two that Nacho has done. They are both prototypes. As you can see, the colors on one of the mugs is much less vibrant than the other. He is still experimenting with different glazes and multi-firings of the mugs. I think the one with the more vibrant colors has been fired and additionally has cold paint on it over the glaze, and the less vibrant one has glaze only and has been fired without any cold paint. Nacho will have these available for sale in the near future, after he works out all the details, and it will be well announced here on Tiki Central, but he hasn't sold any of them yet, nor has he had any available yet to sell.

I would agree with Wendy that the one you saw in the antique mall in Orange was most likely the tribute mug made by her.

On 2007-01-19 16:57, Kenike wrote:
Nice Gretsch! Whats the model/year?

Thanks! It's a Gretsch Nashville 6120 Brian Setzer Signature model, actually brand new (2006). It's a repro of a 1959 Gretsch, complete with 1959 style trestle bracing. Brian Setzer had them do away with all of those quirky volume and tone controls, so instead of 4 or more knobs, this one has only one just for volume - and it only has one switch for the pickup selection, instead of the standard confusing two. For you guitar geeks out there, it also has hotter wound humbucking pickups, locking tuners, a Gibson style pinned adjusto-matic bridge on a rosewood base that's adjustable for intonation, and a cool Bigsby vibrato tailpiece - and all of the hardware is either chrome or nickel plated.