Happy new Gordon Smith Guitar Day to me!
Picked up a cracking new custom spec Gordon Smith!
Spec:
Ebony Stain over white grain filled mahogany with a clear gloss laquer all over, Thick Body, P90 pickup,Thick neck profile, African mahogany neck and body, Indian rosewood fingerboard, locking machineheads, Tuneomatic bridge and tailpiece (Instead of wraparound bridge) Brass nut and a Hardcase to boot. Originally spec’d with a black scratchplate but changed to Tortoiseshell guard at the last minute at no extra cost.
It plays and sounds superb, I can’t believe how well built these Auden Era Gordon Smiths are, Blown away is an unstatement.
I have a funny feelin I won’t be bothering with other manufacturers when you can have something custom built so competitively prices to other manufacturers.
Sure...I’ll probably upgrade the pickup and harness at some point but for what you get for your money is incredible.
First picture is of the guitar and the next is alongside my 65 Gibson Sg.
Comments
For outright power and overdriven filth, consider the Bare Knuckle Pickups 'Pig90.
(Other British makers are available and can probably accommodate your requirements.)
It started life as a junior and has had the hell played out of it. It’s had a headstock break repair in the 70s, neck reset, respray, currently on its 4th set of frets etc and turned into a special along the way!
The bridge pickup and lower vol/tone pots and capacitor are original on it but I got it for one heck of deal a few years ago and was my number one.
Fundimentally its a junior but or but I just refer to it as an Sg in general.
All it took me was a to visit their base which is 30 minutes from where I live and spend 4 hours there including playing many guitars, meeting the whole team and the factory tour.
Everyone there was lovely and I couldn’t be made to feel so welcome.
I've been very pleased with the GS1000 I bought last year - as you say, what you get for your money is incredible.
I must say I’m impressed with the hardware as the badass bridge that came on it was a pos!
Regarding the P90 , do you find it particularly noisy? I’ve a GS1 that’s lovely to play but is noisier than I’d like. Are the Seymour Duncan and Bareknuckle suggestions above noiseless?
What’s the neck profile like?