Howie Griffin Series #G.27.96.23 - Royal Blue

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

This Howie Griffin Series has a 24-fret fingerboard with a 25 inch scale length. The Macassar Ebony fretboard has a compound radius of 15.45 inches at the tail down to 9.55 inches at the nut.

The Shape of the neck is what we call the Howie Thin Line. At the nut the depth is 0.88 inches and at the 12th fret it is 0.91 inches. It’s not super thin like the 1960s Gibson ES 330s but it’s close. It has a very fast and easy feel. The width at the nut is 1.67 inches, and at the tail it is 2.16 inches making it a fairly thin span higher up on the fretboard.

The pickups on this guitar are Seymour Duncan’s Slash 2.0 humbuckers. These pups model Slash’s iconic sound and tone from Appetite For Destruction but the difference between the 2.0 model and the original is extra windings making them much hotter and louder. They have an extra bite to them which helps bring the guitar above the band for solos. They are perfect for Metal, Rock and Roll, Blues, and even Jazz.

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

As usual with all of our guitars, this guitar was built by me, the sole builder, from start to finish. It was also built mainly by hand with a little help from our small CNC machine for the inlays and the Fibonacci violin carve on the top.

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

• Series: Griffin
• Serial # G.27.96.23
• Birthday: 6.5.23
• Main Body Wood: Cherry
• Top Body Wood: Curly Maple
• Neck Wood: Hard Maple
• Peghead Veneer: Curly Maple
• Fretboard: Ebony
• TR Cover: Curly Maple
• Weight: 6lbs, 2.72kg
• 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
• Fret wire: 0.09in, Stainless Steel
• Neck Angle: 3.75deg
• Torsion Angle: 0deg
• Neck Carve: Howie Thin Line
• Peghead Angle: 8.5deg
• Pickups: Seymour Duncan Slash 2.0 Humbuckers
• Tuning Machines: Kluson Vintage Gold
• Nut: Bleached Bone
• Truss Rod: Hotrod Low Profile
• Bridge: Kluson ABR Wired
• Tail Piece: Gotoh Stop
• Strap Pins: Gold
• Strings: S.I.T Heavy Bottom
• Inlays: White Mother of Pearl and Black Richlite
• Pup Rings: White Offset
• Side Dots: White Mother of Pearl
• Knobs: White Speed
• Finish: DC 2000 Catalyzed Urethane