His first designs with EBMM were the Silhouette guitar and the Steve Morse Signature, which were released in 1986. He has been with Ernie Ball since circa late 1984/early 1985 - coming on board pretty soon after EB bought the Music Man name (and designs). However, he didn't ramp up to full production until after he left Valley Arts.ĭudley Gimple I believe just did the design work for Valley Arts - he is likely responsible for work on the designs and "down-sizing" the templates to the 7/8 sized 24 3/4" scale versions. I[m pretty sure he said in an old interview that he kept his own garage-type shop on the side during his 1 or 2-year Valley Arts tenure. :) Hope it helped.The Valley Arts story I've heard is that they used a mix of Warmoth and in-house parts - some of the necks were done in-house, some were just finished, and some (the Standard Pro necks from Godin, etc.) were just shipped in.ĭon Grosh did work there pre-fire (or at least pre-sale to Samick) and was doing the in-house necks for a couple of years. I recently went and seen him at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee for his 3rd show on his 2010 tour. Nick's shows are absolutely amazing and he is constantly changing guitars while he is preforming. And he uses a Orange/black/brown (sunburst) electric that is well worn for others like 'Who I am'. He uses a 'new looking' acoustic for covers (covers- songs that he didn't write but is using in his own way, because he likes them). Nicholas Jerry Jonas uses 3 different guitars in his band "Nick Jonas and The Administration" He uses a red electric for really crazy songs that include a lot of energy. There are many custom made hi-end guitar brands (generally $1500.00 plus) from the US that mimic Fender designs - Warmoth, USA Custom, Suhr, Musikraft, G &L, not to mention super-strat brands like Charvel, Jackson, etc. Technically, Valley Arts is a Gibson made guitar (even though they didn't start that way - not sure if they are now made in the actual Gibson Custom Shop or not), which makes sense since it might have been something of a betrayal for a member of the long time Gibson users Jonas Brothers to switch to another brand, especially Fender. Considering Nick normally plays a Gibson SG electric, and Gibson acoustics, it is possible he's got the 7/8 scale models. Even though they look like Fenders (in this case, the T model, which is a ringer for a Fender Telecaster with a Humbucker in the rhythm position, like the Fender Albert Collins tele), except for the somewhat peculiar headstock, they are made in both the traditional Fender 25.5" neck and the Gibson 24.75" length. It is a popular brand with many elite Nashville guitar players. Valley Arts is a custom guitar shop/guitar maker from Nashville, TN. as long as it's a 22 fret 25-1/2' scale neck that is If it's 24 fret, ask Tommy about that style neck. It appears that Nick is playing Valley Arts electric guitars in the Administration. Besides the peghead shape and radiused edge on the 22nd fret overhang, the heel spec was identical to other standard replacement parts out there, so you shuold be able to attach a USACG neck onto that body. Generally, people refer to guitars by brand and model - not usually by color (as below).
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