Garritt Steel

[Skip Ellis]

Anyone have experience with these? I think Rittenberry had something to do with them. There's one available within driving distance that looks pretty nice at a decent price.

[Jerry Overstreet]

LaGarritt. Built by Mr. Rittenberry several years back. Gary and these guitars have a great reputation. If it's all there and in good condtion at a resonable price, buy it.

[Skip Ellis]

Yeah - I'll pick it up Thursday. Got a great deal, I think. Checked with Derek Puckett who builds them now - said Gary only made about 30 of these - it's pretty much an LTD. Doesn't have the 'La' prefix though - Just
Garritt Steel Guitars. It's 4x5

Garritt Steel.jpg

[Jerry Overstreet]

No expert on these guitars but I've not seen that label on these.
All those I've seen had a LaGarritt decal, but I've not seen them all obviously.
Also appears to have a replacement Alumitone pickup, but that's common for used steels.

I just hope it is genuine.

There are some fuzzy pics in this thread of another one which includes the mechanics. Good Luck.
viewtopic.php?t=297084&hilit=LaGarritt

[Skip Ellis]

I sent Derek a photo and he seemed to think it was the real deal. Ad had a photo of the undercarriage and it looked legit. Don't have any experience with those pickups but I'm sure It'll be OK for my purposes.

[Dennis Brown]

I bought a Bobby Seymor made Garritt. Bobby used Sho Bud pro parts under the guitar that I had. It looked identical to the one pictured above. The knee levers look like the cast aluminum knee levers from a stock of parts Bobby bought. It played great and the sound was pretty darn good also.

[Jerry Overstreet]

Better pics of an authentic LaGarritt mechanics in this thread for comparison to the one for sale or bought by the OP. No Sho~Bud parts on this one.

viewtopic.php?t=257224&hilit=LaGarritt

[Dennis Brown]

That's a nice one!

[Jerry Overstreet]

Yes it is. I saw that when it came up back then. I've kicked myself over and over for not buying it at the time. Whoever got it made a good deal on a great guitar.

[Dennis Brown]

Sorry for the quality of the pics. But it's the Bobby build I had and sold. Maybe the same guitar. It was built on a D10 frame. It's a fun guitar.