Giffin Guitars are all hand-built by Roger Giffin out of Oregon. Painstakingly constructed and built with love and passion. Brand new with a 10 year warranty. Comes with a deluxe G&G hard shell case with the Giffin logo, and the certificate of authenticity.
This is a one-of-a-kind, custom built guitar specifically for Tommy's Guitar Shop. This is not a normal model offered through Giffin Guitars. We here at Tommy's Guitar Shop, dreamt up this beauty and Roger was able to make the dream a reality.
Details: 13" lower bout width, 14 3/4" body length from neck pocket to lower strap button, 1 11/16" nut width, tapers out to 2 1/16" that the 12th fret, 24 3/4" scale length, weighs 6 pounds 12 ounces.
Materials: African Mahogany body, 5-piece Maple/Mahogany neck (3-piece Mahogany with 2 Maple stingers), East Indian Rosewood fingerboard, Abalone line inlays, East Indian Rosewood headstock veneer, graphite nut, black ABS fingerboard/ body/headstock binding, 5-ply b/w/b/w/b pickguard, Pelham Blue urethane finish.
Hardware: Nickel Grover Rotomatic tuning keys, nickel Seymour Duncan Mini Humbuckers, master volume, master tone control. nickel Tone Pros AVT II wrap around bridge, nickel strap buttons, 3-way pickup selector on treble side lower bout.
Brief History: Roger Giffin began Giffin Guitars in the late 1960's in London, England. Some of his "Regular customers included Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and John Entwhistle (The Who), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Andy Summers (The Police) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), and many more." In the 70's he designed a prototype guitar that eventually became the Steinberger M Series, and because of this guitar, Roger was offered a job to run Gibson's West Coast Custom Shop in LA. In the early '90s, Roger was selected to make a replica of Jimmy Page's #1 1958 Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard. He ran Gibson's West Coast Custom Shop until December '93, when Gibson moved the operation to Nashville. He then moved to Portland, Oregon, set up shop, and has been there ever since. Roger Giffin is among a handful of guitar builders that deserve the title, Master Builder.
Playability: The neck is a slim C profile and is very comfortable. Setup by Roger with 5/64 on low E and 4/64 on high E. Strung with a set of 10-46.
