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The tale of Courtney’s green Mercury guitar.
Tim George and Danny Babbitt were the original creators and designers behind Mercury Guitars. They started on the aesthetic development of the Mercury in early ’92. It was originally called the “Gemini” – they wanted a name which was timeless but they settled on ‘Mercury’.
Danny worked during the day at a huge store in Atlanta called Rhythm City and they allowed him to put the guitars in the store. They sold one to the band Collective Soul, another one was sold to the guitar player for Porno For Pyros. One was sold to Guy Picciatto of Fugazi.
They built a metallic green Mercury (a special vintage General Motors paint colour, typically used for cars). One night, Danny got backstage at a Nirvana gig and he met Courtney and she fell in love with the vintage green Mercury guitar and asked if he could sell it to her. They also got the go ahead to make some for Kurt and Pat Smear. Pretty soon after this, Kurt passed away and Courtney went on tour (August ‘94).
After that, things got pretty tough for Tim & Danny – they got kicked out of their share house and had to get rid of their guitar making tools and they lost their passion for making guitars together.
Right before they left Georgia, Courtney called to ask for more guitars. This was not possible. “I don’t think we even replied. This was foolish because she probably would have paid for us to build a shop or at least bought us the tools we needed.” – Tim.
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