I’d love to be one of those gifted people who seduce melodies from instruments, but I’m not.
Greg Fleming, a multi-talented musician from St. John’s, Newfoundland, is one of those people. He not only plays the electric guitar, he builds them.
With his Tidebreaker guitars, Greg has created something new—from something old.
Three hundred and fifty-nine years old, in fact.
Time, and tides, and history. Atlantic storms, and sailing ships, and one group of sailors who never got home.
A sunken ship, put together with “tree nails” instead of steel. Bits and pieces dredged off the ocean floor. Timbers carbon-dated to 1661.
Under the ocean for three hundred years, the salt-water infused wood inspired Greg to craft the Tidebreaker guitars, and gives them their unique sound.
“Every time,” says Greg, “I kind of get a little bit of chills when I realize I’m playing a shipwreck that was underwater for 300 years.”
OH MY GOD. Ok. This goes on the list of wonderful things we will buy if we win the lottery! That’s just insanely cool!!! Thank You, Aimer!!! ❤️
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I’m in awe. Actually making something so beautiful…well, you’d know all about that 🙂
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Ah…You’re the sweetest!!! Thank You, Aimer. ❤️ I’m in complete awe as well!!! It must feel like playing the sea and the souls of those lost in the wreck all those years ago….I can’t imagine the stories/energy that wood holds…it’s truly mindblowing, isn’t it? 💕🌀😊
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The perfect guitar to play on “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
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LOL! Yes, you’d pretty much have to, wouldn’t you? 🙂
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Wow..great
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