Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars will be featured in the Holiday 2010 Gift Guide of the Affluent Page Luxury Index

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars will be featured in the Holiday 2010 Gift Guide of the Affluent Page Luxury Index (www.affluentpageluxuryindex.com):

Rock Royalty manufactures one-of-a-kind, custom guitars designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados that can be played on-stage or displayed as a fine piece of art. Featured here is Rock Royalty’s KAGED Alligator Guitar with a Fender Telecaster custom wrapped in black alligator, framed in a high-polish chrome cage, and highlighted by Rock Royalty’s handmade volume knobs, tuning keys, and selector switch containing 27.42cts of natural black diamonds and 2.30cts of rubies set in sterling silver with black ruthenium. Rock Royalty’s KAGED collections start at $20,000 ($125,000 as featured). For more information, visit http://www.rockroyalty.com/ or call (615) 669-7776.

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars featured in the holiday issue of Watch Journal

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars is featured in the holiday 2010 issue of Watch Journal with complete overview coverage of the new custom guitar collections with a focus on the KAGED Guitar collections. For more information, visit http://www.watchjournal.com/.

About Rock Royalty Custom Guitars Nashville USA

Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most exclusive custom guitars in the world. The custom guitars are one-of-a-kind creations designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados that can be played on-stage or featured at home as a fine piece of art. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered patent-pending designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Designs incorporate only the finest gemstones, precious metals, and exotic materials. Rock Royalty also manufactures the Kaged Guitar Collection with guitars custom wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. All Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade in the Nashville design studio. For more information, visit Rock Royalty’s Custom Design Shop located at 4121 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, TN, call (615) 669-7776, e-mail info@rrg11.com or log onto www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com.

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars unveils Baby Blue

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars unveils their customized Fender Custom Shop '69 Blue relic that has been rightfully named Baby Blue. Please read below for complete description of the custom guitar and Baby Blue's lifestyke photos:
 

ROCK ROYALTY GUITARS

APPRAISAL & AUTHENTIFICATION

Rock royalty customized one-of-a-kind fender custom shop Stratocaster guitar in cobalt blue treated with fender’s custom “Relic” treatment to show years of natural wear and tear—nicks, scratches, worn finish, rusty hardware and aged plastic parts.  Features three handmade rock royalty volume knobs with 17.91cts blue sapphires set in sterling silver & 18kt white gold and a handmade rock royalty selector switch containing 0.48cts diamonds & 2.10cts blue sapphires set in sterling silver with 18kt white gold.

Model: Custom Shop fender ’69 Stratocaster relic

Gemstones: 20.01cts gem blue sapphires (981 full-cut stones); 0.48cts gem diamonds (43 full-cut stones)

Metal: sterling silver & 18kt white gold finished with white rhodium

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Retail $40,000

About Rock Royalty Custom Guitars Nashville USA

Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most exclusive custom guitars in the world. The custom guitars are one-of-a-kind creations designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados that can be played on-stage or featured at home as a fine piece of art. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered patent-pending designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Designs incorporate only the finest gemstones, precious metals, and exotic materials. Rock Royalty also manufactures the Kaged Guitar Collection with guitars custom wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. All Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade in the Nashville design studio. For more information, visit Rock Royalty’s Custom Design Shop located at 4121 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, TN, call (615) 669-7776, e-mail info@rrg11.com or log onto www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com.

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitar's editorial feature in Nashville Lifestyle Magazine’s CMA music issue

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars has an editorial feature in this month’s Nashville Lifestyle Magazine’s CMA music issue with Rascal Flatts on the cover (November 2010). The article is written by editor/publisher Stacie Standifer as she interviews Rock Royalty founders David King and Brian Shore about the start of the custom guitar company, the challenges and tribulations, the direction of the company, and the intricacies of their relationship. To read the article, click on the pdf below or visit www.nashvillelifestyles.com.

Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most exclusive custom guitars in the world. The custom guitars are one-of-a-kind creations designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados that can be played on-stage or featured at home as a fine piece of art. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered patent-pending designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Designs incorporate only the finest gemstones, precious metals, and exotic materials. Rock Royalty also manufactures the Kaged Guitar Collection with guitars custom wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. All Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade in the Nashville design studio. For more information, visit Rock Royalty’s Custom Design Shop located at 4121 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, TN, call (615) 669-7776, or log onto www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com.

ROCK ROYALTY 1/1 Custom Guitars launches advertising campaign in Guitar Aficionado Magazine

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars announced that they will launch an advertising campaign with Guitar Aficionado Magazine starting with the Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue. Guitar Aficionado Magazine is the industry’s leading guitar and lifestyle magazine with distribution in over ten countries. Every issue of Guitar Aficionado gives readers an inside look at the exotic instruments and wondrous collections of people who are passionate about guitars and life's finer things-including watches, spirits, cars and fashion. Rock Royalty is honored to be affiliated with a first-class publication such as Guitar Aficionado Magazine.

Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most exclusive custom guitars in the world. The custom guitars are one-of-a-kind creations designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados that can be played on-stage or featured at home as a fine piece of art. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered patent-pending designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Designs incorporate only the finest gemstones, precious metals, and exotic materials. Rock Royalty also manufactures the Kaged Guitar Collection with guitars custom wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. All Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade in the Nashville design studio. For more information, visit Rock Royalty’s Custom Design Shop located at 4121 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, TN, call (615) 669-7776, or log onto www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com. For more information regarding Guitar Aficionado Magazine, please visit www.guitaraficionado.com/.

ROCK ROYALTY FEATURED IN NASHVILLE ARTS MAGAZINE

In this month’s edition of Nashville Arts Magazine (November 2010), Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars is featured in a very flattering editorial article with the KAGED Alligator guitar. Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most exclusive custom guitars in the world. The custom guitars are one-of-a-kind creations designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados that can be played on-stage or featured at home as a fine piece of art. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered patent-pending designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Designs incorporate only the finest gemstones, precious metals, and exotic materials. Rock Royalty also manufactures the Kaged Guitar Collection with guitars custom wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. All Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade in the Nashville design studio. For more information, visit Rock Royalty’s Custom Design Shop located at 4121 Hillsboro Road, Nashville, TN, call (615) 669-7776, or log onto www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com. To view the article, please visit http://www.nashvillearts.com/.

King Jewelers celebrates a Rock Star evening with Stephen Webster and Rock Royalty for a pre-CMA bash at Flavour Boutique

King Jewelers kicked-off the music award season here in Nashville by hosting a pre-CMA Rock Star evening with Stephen Webster at Flavour Boutique off of Music Row. Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as King Jewelers introduced Stephen Webster’s new jewelry collections for men and women. The Stephen Webster brand offers the consumer a true lifestyle experience and is now exclusively available in Nashville at King Jewelers.  Guests were also treated to a special private viewing of Rock Royalty’s exclusive custom guitars which included their new KAGED Black Stingray Custom Guitar.

Stephen Webster is one of the leading British figures in the fine jewelry and silver design industries. Webster's keen eye for detail, expert craftsmanship and glam-rock attitude has given way to dramatic creations with an eternally chic aesthetic. The unmistakable amalgamation of precious and semi-precious gemstones set in specially treated metals has led Stephen Webster to a three-time win of the "British Luxury Jeweler of the Year" award and winner of "UK Jewelry Brand of the Year" in 2008. Originating from a modest background, Stephen Webster has evolved into a powerful global luxury jewelry brand with over 20 Stephen Webster boutiques internationally. Webster also continues to build his high-profile celebrity following culminating in an alliance with musical artist Christina Aguilera who appears in the brand's new advertising campaign for Stephen Webster.

According to David King, “The entire King family is thrilled to welcome Stephen Webster to Nashville. Since I started in the jewelry industry, Stephen Webster has been one of my favorite designers. His unique and edgy designs continue to push the boundaries of European rocker fashion year in and year out.  Stephen is just such a cool guy, his sense of sensual style and understanding of human desires is creatively expressed through his hand-crafted collections.”

Established in 1912, King Jewelers has proudly styled jewelry and timepiece aficionados from around the world.  A pioneer among independent couture jewelers, King Jewelers has built an outstanding reputation steeped in quality, value and first-class customer service.  King Jewelers features exclusive jewelry designers, offers in-house custom designs, private label jewelry collections, and is an authorized dealer for over forty luxury Swiss watch brands. With store locations in Aventura, FL and Nashville, TN, King Jewelers has won numerous awards as the Southeast's top jewelry store and diamond wholesaler. King Jewelers is a member of the Jewelers of America, American Watch Guild, and the American Society of Appraisers.  King Jewelers has GIA Certified Gemologists and offers expert jewelry and watch repairs. For additional information regarding Stephen Webster jewelry, please visit http://www.kings1912.com/ or www.stephenwebster.com. Also, check out the amazing custom guitars from Rock Royalty at http://www.rockroyaltyguitars.com/ or http://www.jewelrykings1912.com/.

ROCK ROYALTY UNVEILS GIBSON LES PAUL FOR A PRE-CMA RED CARPET PARTY AT MICHAEL BURCHAM’S HOUSE

Rock Royalty unveiled their custom Gibson Les Paul guitar this week at the home of Michael Burcham on November 9, 2010 celebrating the opening of Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center. A VIP guest list enjoyed a pre-CMA party with a performance by award-winning songwriter Rivers Rutherford. Guests rocked to the hour long set while marveling at the exclusive, one-of-a-kind custom guitars, which are designed for musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados. Rock Royalty was honored to share their masterpiece with David Berryman, President of Gibson Guitars Corporation.

One of the highlights of the evening was the unveiling of Rock Royalty’s custom, one-of-a-kind Gibson Les Paul guitar with factory painted black body and white trim.  The guitar features four handmade Rock Royalty volume knobs with 24.56cts total black & white diamonds set in sterling silver finished with black ruthenium and handmade 22kt yellow gold rims; a handmade Rock Royalty selector switch containing 2.01cts black & white diamonds set in sterling silver finished with black ruthenium & a 22kt yellow gold rim, and six handmade Rock Royalty tuning keys with 17.52cts black & white diamonds set in sterling silver finished with black ruthenium; custom handmade Rock Royalty pick guard in sterling silver with hand-painted black enamel and hand-applied 22kt gold border featuring a skeletonized Rock Royalty 1/1 logo in 22kt yellow gold set with 2.08cts white diamonds.

According to David King, “Rock Royalty custom guitars were inspired by our creative passion and fueled by an endless pursuit of perfection. Our creations innovate and challenge the boundaries of guitar design. The custom Gibson Les Paul is the crown jewel of our launch collection and we are proud to share this piece of work with Dave Berryman, Rivers Rutherford, Michael Burcham and our hometown of Nashville.”

About Rivers Rutherford
Rivers Rutherford quickly found his place in the world as an entertainer, studio guitar player and songwriter. In 1996, Rivers signed with Universal Music Publishing and remains with the company today. Artists including Gretchen Wilson, Gary Allan, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, Trick Pony, Blake Shelton, Deana Carter, Clay Davidson, Jamie O’Neal and Andy Griggs have since recorded Rutherford’s songs.
Rutherford claimed his first number one hit, “Ain’t Nothin “Bout You” in 2001. The song spent six weeks at number one and is to date, the most successful single ever recorded by Brooks and Dunn. Rutherford was honored by ASCAP and received their Song of the Year Award in 2002. Since the smash hit with Brooks and Dunn, Rivers has accomplished two more number one singles, Tim McGraw’s “Real Good Man,” and Montgomery Gentry’s first number one, “If You Ever Stop Loving Me,” which he also produced.
While Rivers continues to enjoy songwriting success with the current Gretchen Wilson hit, “Homewrecker,” he plans to expand performing, recording and is producing upcoming albums for artists such as Jamie O’Neal and Montgomery Gentry.

About The Entrepreneur Center
The Entrepreneur Center serves as a gateway that fuses training, relationships, and resources to cultivate economic development and drive Nashville’s future as the epicenter of entrepreneurial endeavors. Whether the need is for guidance on a step-by-step business plan, information on the process of raising capital, or building out a business model, our team of experienced business professionals are here to help Nashville’s entrepreneurs. Training studios are held throughout the year, focusing on industry verticals such as Healthcare, Social Enterprise, Digital Media & Entertainment, Sustainability, and Technology.  Resources to help Middle Tennessee’s entrepreneur community include Incubation Space, Training, Networking, Resources, and Mentoring. The Entrepreneur Center serves as the “Front Door” of Nashville for entrepreneurs and is located at 105 Broadway, Suite 200. 

About Rock Royalty Custom Guitars

Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most opulent guitars in the world. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade. For more information regarding Rock Royalty, e-mail brian@rrg11.com, call (615) 669-7776, or visit www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com.

Rock Royalty unveils their 1/1 Custom Guitars in Music City

The launch party for Rock Royalty’s custom guitar and accessory collections was hosted by David King and Brian Shore at the home of Tim Ozgener of CAO Cigars on October 19, 2010, in Nashville, TN. More than 100 guests celebrated and marveled at the debut of Rock Royalty’s exclusive, one-of-a-kind custom guitars, which are designed for musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados.

One of the highlights of the evening was the unveiling of Rock Royalty’s Kaged Guitar Collection, which features guitars custom-wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. The Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Another popular guitar was Rock Royalty’s custom Gibson Les Paul, which features a handmade, black enamel pick guard and more than fifty carats of diamonds.

According to David King, “Rock Royalty custom guitars were inspired by our creative passion and fueled by an endless pursuit of perfection. Rock Royalty creations innovate and challenge the boundaries of guitar design. The launch party highlights our brand’s diversity and expertise for design, as the nine prototype guitars represent a broad spectrum of music genres.”

Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most opulent guitars in the world. Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade.

Design consultations will begin in November 2010 when custom guitars will be available through the design studio. The exquisite jeweled guitar accessories will also be available to purchase individually or as sets with accommodation for custom design. For more information regarding Rock Royalty, e-mail brian@rrg11.com, call (615) 669-7776, visit www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com. Also check out http://www.kings1912.com/.

Rock Royalty 1/1 Custom Guitars Announces launch of Prototype Collections

Rock Royalty proudly announces the debut of their highly-anticipated custom guitar and accessory collections slated for October 19, 2010 in Nashville, TN. Based out of Music City, Rock Royalty is a luxury design house dedicated to manufacturing the finest and most opulent guitars in the world. These exclusive custom guitars are one-of-a-kind creations designed for the most discriminating musicians, guitar collectors, and jewelry aficionados.

Combining optimal musical performance with fine aesthetic beauty, Rock Royalty has skillfully engineered patent-pending designs that focus on jewel-encrusted guitar hardware and accessories. Designs incorporate only the finest gemstones, precious metals, and exotic materials. All hardware and accessories are manufactured in 18kt gold and/or sterling silver, and then set with natural fancy color diamonds, colorless gem diamonds, rubies, multicolor sapphires, and vibrant gemstones such as green tsavorite. 

Rock Royalty will also introduce the patent-pending Kaged Guitar Collection which features guitars custom wrapped in exotic animal skins (i.e. alligator, anaconda, sting ray) and then framed in a high-polish stainless steel cage. All Kaged Guitars contain Rock Royalty’s jewel-encrusted hardware and accessories that compliment the guitar’s exotic wrap motif. Kaged Guitars make great performance instruments with bold and unique looks as well as luxurious gifts for the musician who has everything.

Inspired by a creative passion and fueled by an endless pursuit of perfection, Rock Royalty custom designs innovate and challenge the boundaries of guitar design. The launch of Rock Royalty will highlight the company’s diversity and expertise for design as the prototype collections represent a broad spectrum of music genres and adorn artistic custom shop creations from leading guitar manufacturers.

Rock Royalty’s production is extremely limited as all designs are handmade in our Nashville design studio. Design consultations with the Rock Royalty team will begin in November 2010 when custom guitars will be available for sale directly through our design studio as well as on-line at www.RockRoyaltyGuitars.com. The exquisite jeweled guitar accessories will also be available to purchase individually or as sets with accommodation for custom design.

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