Wintergrass 2018 Raffle
Oh boy, oh boy. Our sponsors and friends have been busy crafting an assortment of stunning items available in the festival raffle this year. Here’s how it works. Pick the thing or things you are most interested in winning and purchase a raffle ticket for that item. The Wintergrass Raffle booth is located near the top of the escalators on the Grand level. Raffle tickets are $5 each. The drawing for all prizes will occur on the Grand Ballroom stage on Sunday at 2:30pm. Winners do not need to be present to win, but it’s a whole lot more fun if you are. Read on for the details.
Ever-loyal Rayco Resphonics returns with a Rayco squareneck resophonic guitar. This guitar is a hybrid of traditional materials and modern design. Built with solid birch for its inherent warm mids, the parallel body, thick back plate and medium body depth provide compression within the modern open architecture. The resulting tone is consistently full and present over the entire fretboard. The instrument comes with a hardshell case.
Value: $3500 plus one year of ArtistWorks lessons with Andy Hall
We’re very excited to welcome Northfield Mandolin to the fold. You just can’t get these fine instruments locally, so this is a rare opportunity to get your hands on one of these coveted instruments. They are offering their most popular S Series F5 with a few special features just for Wintergrass. Specs include upgraded premium figured Sugar Maple and an Italian Spruce top as well as a custom engraving and inlay. Hand shaded sunburst and semi-gloss finish. Included is our brand new Airloom “Recurve” case.
Value: $3750 plus 1 year of ArtistWorks lessons with Mike Marshall
Taylor Guitars has donated a Taylor 814CE guitar to the Wintergrass raffle this year. It features a Sitka Spruce top, Indian Rosewood backs and sides, and a Mahogany neck. The binding and back strip are maple and the Element marbled fretboard features a mother of pearl inlay. The guitar comes equipped with Expression System 2 acoustic electronics and a hardshell case.
Value: $3499 plus one year of ArtistWorks lessons with Bryan Sutton.
Eastman is donating the first-ever fiddle to the 2018 Raffle. The Andreas Eastman VL200 is entirely hand-crafted of well-seasoned tonewoods, with an attractive and durable hand-applied translucent amber varnish. The fingerboard is African ebony, has boxwood pegs, tailpiece and chinrest. The violin is fashioned on a Stradivari pattern.
Value: $1278 plus one year of ArtistWorks lessons with Darol Anger
What is bluegrass without the banjo? Deering Banjo once again brings their Deering Goodtime Americana Banjo to the mix. The Americana is the first 5-string banjo from Deering to be fitted with their Grand 12” rim, which gives the banjo a stronger bass response and a much warmer tone than a typical open-back banjo and is a great setup for playing old time music. This banjo also features guitar style tuners, a rock maple neck, nickel plated hardware, and hardwood inlays.
Value: $569 + 1 year of ArtistWorks lessons with Tony Trischka
In addition to these fine instruments, Hospitality mainstay and Wintergrass patron Barbara Ross has created a spectacular handmade quilt which will be on display at the Raffle booth all weekend. Barbara is an extraordinary artist. Her works have graced the Hospitality room for years. This is your chance to see, touch, and maybe take home, one of her gorgeous works.
Value: $1500
