{"id":10465,"date":"2025-06-19T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/news\/win-a-one-of-a-kind-custom-guitar-at-the-rhythm-rides-rally\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:34:06","slug":"win-a-one-of-a-kind-custom-guitar-at-the-rhythm-rides-rally","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/news\/win-a-one-of-a-kind-custom-guitar-at-the-rhythm-rides-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a one-of-a-kind custom guitar at the Rhythm &amp; Rides Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some more info about the guitar being given away on Friday night from Vance &amp; Mari Harrelson, our Rally Chairs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Friday night&#8217;s Ultimate Grand Prize is a handcrafted custom guitar, built by participants at Nashville&#8217;s Narrow Gate Lodge.<\/p>\n<p>The guitar is made with walnut back and sides and a Sitka spruce top for excellent sound conduction and projection. The mahogany neck is topped with a rosewood fretboard, and the guitar is decorated with spalted maple for the rosette, headstock and the end graft.<\/p>\n<p>The guitar is signed by some real heavyweight songwriters in the Nashville scene. First is Allen Shamblin, who has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriter&#8217;s Hall of Fame. Allen wrote Bonnie Raitt&#8217;s &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Make You Love Me,&#8221; Miranda Lambert&#8217;s &#8220;House That Built Me&#8221; and &#8220;He Walked on Water,&#8221; recorded by Randy Travis and others.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5977 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-2-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5977 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-2-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5977 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-2-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5977 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-2-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Next up is Neil Thrasher, who has written 11 #1 songs in his career. He&#8217;s the writer behind Kenny Chesney&#8217;s &#8220;There Goes My Life,&#8221; Rascal Flatts&#8217; &#8220;Fast Cars &amp; Freedom&#8221; and &#8220;Try That in a Small Town,&#8221; made famous by Jason Aldean.<\/p>\n<p>Bart Allmand is the host of the ThinkinandDrinkin podcast. He wrote Steve Holy&#8217;s &#8220;Brand New Girlfriend&#8221; and Brooks &amp; Dunn&#8217;s &#8220;Can&#8217;t Take the Honky Tonk out of the Girl,&#8221; among others.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have Leslie Sacher, who wrote George Strait&#8217;s &#8220;Troubadour&#8221; among other great songs. The winner of the guitar will receive a handwritten lyric sheet from Leslie!<\/p>\n<p>To win this priceless guitar, you&#8217;ll need to drop your <a href=\"https:\/\/rally.bmwmoa.org\/door-prizes\/\">Ultimate Grand Prize ticket<\/a> for it in the bin on Friday between 6-8 PM, then come back to the stage at 8.30 to hear your name called out. You must be present to win!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5979 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-4-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5979 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-4-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5979 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-4-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5979 lazyload lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/prize-guitar-4-375x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some more info about the guitar being given away on Friday night from Vance &amp; Mari Harrelson, our Rally \u2026.. 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