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| Volume XXV, Number 6 | April 30, 2004 |
By Michael Kelly
HOLLYWOOD — How can you tell the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is nearing completion? Just take a look at the massive 56-foot standing guitar. On Tuesday April 13, the signature Hard Rock guitar was installed in front of the entrance of the soon-to-be-completed Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Dave Moore, Project Manager for Total Identity Group, a New York-based company specializing in sign making, said “This is the largest of all the Hard Rock guitars; most are between 30 to 35 feet in length.”
The guitar is not only the largest, but also the heaviest, weighting in at a hefty seven tons.
Moore, who oversees almost all of the installations of the giant guitars, said that it generally takes six weeks to complete a Hard Rock guitar. They are constructed in Rochester, NY, and then shipped by truck. Because of its size, this one in particular was shipped on a flat bed truck.
The guitars come in four sections, including the neck of the guitar. A heavy duty crane was used to lift the 20-plus foot guitar neck to the installer. Media crews, including NBC, FOX, and The Miami Herald were on hand to view the process.
“ One aspect that many people don't know about is that each Hard Rock guitar is different,” said Moore.
The guitar at the Tampa Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is no slouch, standing 42 feet tall, it is larger than an average Hard Rock guitar.
For those guitar enthusiasts, this guitar in particular follows the blueprint of the stylish Fender Stratocaster, made famous by guitarists, including Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
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