Howie Griffin Series G.24.85.22 - Orange Burst

Howie 2022 Griffin Series #0024

Note: Be sure to check out the video for a more detailed description and to hear this guitar in action.  

This 2022 Griffin Series guitar comes with a custom fit hardshell case. It is made from Hard Maple, Cherry, and Curly Maple. It has a 24-fret hard maple fingerboard with a scale length of 25in. The board has a compound radius of 15.5in at the tail down to 9.5in at the nut.  

The Shape of the neck is what we call the Howie Thin Line. At the nut the depth is a shallow 0.86inches and at the 12th fret it is 0.89in. It was modeled after the 1960s Gibson ES 330 style neck…shallow all the way up the neck making it very easy on the hand and great for wrap around chording. The width at the nut is 1.68inches. At the tail it is 2.16inches.

The pickups on this guitar are very unique. They are Slash’s signature humbuckers from Seymour Duncan. They are the exact pickups that the GNR legend uses in all his Les Paul signature guitars. Slash helped Seymour Duncan voice these pickups to have incredible sustain, heavy crunch from the bridge pup and buttery smooth midrange from the neck.  

The chambered body design of this guitar makes it incredibly light weighing in at just 5.7lbs. Compare this to a typical Les Paul weighing in at 9 to 12 pounds.

The finish on this guitar was done with a catalyzed urethane that is normally used on automobiles. This high-end urethane dries very fast and hard allowing fewer coats and a thinner finish.

I have used this guitar for several gigs so that is why I'm listing it as mint instead of brand new and drop the price by a lot. It has a small blemish on the back as well as on the peghead. The maple fretboard also needs cleaned up a little. I point these out in the last three pictures in the listing.

The rest of the nitty gritty details are all listed below….

Series: Griffin

Serial #: 0024

Birthday: 6.30.22

Main Body Wood: Cherry

Top Body Wood: Curly Maple

Neck Wood: Hard Maple

Peghead Veneer: Curly Maple

Fretboard: Hard Maple

TR Cover: Curly Maple

Weight: 5.7lbs, 2.59kg

Carve Type: 0.5in Fibonacci

Scale Length: 25, 63.5cm

Nut Width: 1.68in, 4.27cm

Tail Width: 2.16in, 5.49cm

Neck Depth @ Nut: 0.86in, 21.84mm

Neck Depth @ 12th: 0.89in, 22.61mm

Fretboard Radius: 15.45in to 9.55in, 39.24cm to 24.26cm

Fretwire: 0.09in, Stainless Steel

Neck Angle: 3.75deg

Torsion Angle: 0deg

Neck Carve: Howie Thin Line

Peghead Angle: 8.5deg

Pups: Seymour Duncan Slash Signature

Tuning Machines: Kluson Deluxe Chrome

Nut: Bleached Bone

Truss Rod: Hotrod Low Profile

Bridge: Kluson ABR Wired

Tail Piece: Gotoh Stop

Strap Pins: Chrome

Strings: S.I.T Heavy Bottom

Inlays: Abalone and Black Richlite

Pup Rings: White

Side Dots: Abalone

Knobs: White Speed

Finish: DC 2000 Catalyzed Urethane