Howie Griffin Series #G.26.88.22 - Gold

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This 2022 Griffin Series guitar comes with a custom hardshell case shown in the 2nd and 3rd pictures above. It is made from hard maple, basswood, 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 0.88inches and at the 12th fret it is 0.91in. 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 1.67inches. At the tail it is 2.16inches.

The pickups on this guitar are very unique. They are Seymour Duncan’s Green Magic Humbuckers. With the Green Magics, each pickup played by itself will give you the classic neck and bridge tones expected from a vintage wound humbucker. In the combined position you get a beautiful late 60s blues sound which is the result of the neck pickup having its magnets reversed. This puts the humbuckers out of phase with each other producing a unique clarity usually associated with single coils.

The hollow body design of this guitar makes it incredibly light weighing in at just 5lbs. 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.

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

Series: Griffin

Serial # G.26.88.22

Birthday: 9.15.22

Main Body Wood: Basswood

Top Body Wood: Curly Maple

Neck Wood: Hard Maple

Peghead Veneer: Curly Maple

Fretboard: Hard Maple

TR Cover: Curly Maple

Weight: 5.0lbs, 2.27kg

Carve Type: 0.5in Fibonacci

Scale Length: 25in, 63.5cm

Nut Width: 1.67in, 4.24cm

Tail Width: 2.16in, 5.49cm

Neck Depth @ Nut: 0.88in, 22.35mm

Neck Depth @ 12th: 0.91in, 23.11mm

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 Green Magic Humbuckers

Pre-Amp:

Tuning Machines: Gotoh Vintage

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: Cream

Side Dots: Black Pearl

Knobs: Black Speed

Finish: DC 2000 Catalyzed Urethane