Valley Arts Guitars was founded in 1975 by Al Carness and Michael McGuire in North Hollywood – a suburb of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley.Ĭarness and McGuire ran a music store and repair shop, and their clientele included players like Steve Lukather, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton and Tommy Tedesco – the top ranks of the studio and touring world. Early models, perhaps 28 in total including this example, use an interlocking neck joint allowing better access to the upper frets. :) Hope it helped.The Valley Arts Custom Pro USA line was introduced in 1987, and available in a full size model – 25.5 inch scale – and a 7/8th size with 24.75 inch scale. 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. It appears that Nick is playing Valley Arts electric guitars in the Administration. Generally, people refer to guitars by brand and model - not usually by color (as below).
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