Bristol, Tennessee - Grand Guitar

Address:
3245 W State St, Bristol, TN [Show Map]
Directions:
I-81 exit 74A at US Hwy 11W.
Admission:
Free. Donation.
Hours:
Daily 11 am - 5 pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:
423-968-1451
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Bristol, Tennessee - Grand Guitar

The Grand Guitar building in Bristol reopened a few weeks ago after being vacant for years. It is billed as Joe Morrell Grand Guitar, the world's only guitar-shaped music museum. We stopped by to get a picture and realized it was open. Downstairs houses guitars and music for sale and a setup of the control room of WOPI radio. Upstairs houses the museum with a fascinating collection of instuments and other music memorabilia. [Kenny, 08/13/2004]

Bristol, Tennessee - Grand Guitar - closed

I drove past the Grand Guitar 2 weeks ago. It's been closed for about 2 years now. The building and such is beginning to fall in. The most common question at the visitor's building across the highway: What was that building? [Anita Smallin, 03/08/2003]

Grand Guitar. Bristol, Tennessee - Grand Guitar

I know you already have the Grand Guitar listed at your site, but here's a recent photo. [Roger Donahue, 01/20/2001]

[RA: In 1983, owner Joe Morrell built this three story, 70 foot long Martin guitar. The Grand Guitar Museum within exhibits rare instruments shaped like a shovel, elephant, pig, and one made out of an armadillo. The Guitar faces I-81, directly across from TN Welcome Center.]

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