Rossco Wright, master guitar-design engineer, has imagined and forged guitar designs so innovative and tough they could not be contained on earth.
In fact, one of Wright’s “SoloEtte” Guitars traveled more than 376 million miles and orbited Earth more than 15,000 times.
The inventor is now turning the jazz guitar world on its pegs. But, we’ll get to that in a chord or two.
Wright, who started his career in St. Louis, Missouri in the late ‘60s as a full-time professional guitar-repair technician, said he tired of seeing hundreds of broken-off guitar heads as the fragile, head-heavy instruments fell and broke like dry spaghetti.
So, Wright tucked the tuning gears back on the other end, and it became shorter and so unbreakable that a “travel-guitar” was born. In 1993, his innovative SoloEtte Travel Guitar began to amass great popularity in elite circles due to its rugged and efficient design.
The quality of this guitar could not be ignored.
It caught the eye of Sharon Isbin, the Department Head of Classical Guitar Studies at Julliard School of Music in NYC.
She played it. She endorsed it, and she now travels the world with it.
The undeniable quality created a large demand. Wright went from selling a few guitars to selling 5,320 guitars which he built in his shop in Eugene Oregon with ten employees.
The Wright Stuff
Wright’s invention could not be contained. It literally left the planet. It took off!!
In 1995, Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield took a SoloEtte when they blasted off to the Mir Space Station. He gave it to guitar-playing Cosmonaut friend Thomas Reiter as part of a gift-giving with the Russians.
(Pictired playing “SoloEtte”) Thomas Arthur Reiter is a retired European astronaut and is a Brigadier General in the German Air Force currently working as ESA Interagency Coordinator and Advisor to the Director General at the European Space Agency.
In 2000, Wright licensed the SoloEtte trademark to Aria Guitars, which then sold it en masse, as he continued to build the USA made product in Oregon.
But Wright couldn’t sit still. His attention turned to the refinement of his headless design that is now hitting the jazz guitar world like a 2-5-1 chord progression..
He envisioned a fresh design improvement in 2013 and set to work in his woodworking shop.
What emerged is guitar unlike any other.
Scott Emmons, Dean, UWM Peck School of the Arts Pictured playing his NightCat Jazz Guitar
The design innovations have created beautiful balance, much easier tuning, and looks gorgeous. The familiar “hand-stop” at the top also hangs on a guitar stand or guitar hook, and there’s no head to break off or hit on things or your bandmates.
The guitar and the case are also 5 inches shorter than a standard guitar. Meaning this design can easily fit sideways into the back of your car.
With its hollow body and jazz humbucking pickup, the Wright NiteCat jazz guitar has caught the attention of serious and advanced guitarists. This is a truly fine jazz guitar, with its sweet tone and classic aesthetic.
The appeal of a Wright guitar is simply undeniable, making it perfect for musicians, collectors, and anyone who wants to look and sound great on stage.
In short, this guitar has been designed and engineered by the best for the best.
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Shown, The Wright Pegbox™ is oriented behind the bridge of the guitar.
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