Swope MG 2018 - White

Swope MG - White

 Chris Swope’s is a master guitar builder from Kansas City, Missouri.  Chris got his start while in college at Mass Street Music in Lawrence, KA. His illustrious career brought him to NYC working for legendary guitar builder, Roger Sadowsky. He went on to the Gibson Custom Shop working first in the Pro Shop and then the Engineering department. From there he spent 5 years at Private Reserve Guitars dealing in high-end guitars.  Chris is now his own luthier building custom grade guitars including the SWOPE Geronimo, MG and GTO

SWOPE MG – Ash slab bodied single cut.  Featuring Swope’s MG pickup set.  These are broadly inspired by the overall California sound of the fifties and sixties.  The bridge pickup offers lots of shimmer and spank while the neck pickup has the nice warm sound of a breeze blowing somewhere between the surf and the roadhouse.  A simple 3-way switch with master volume and master tone is augmented by a push/pull tone pot.  Pull up on that knob and the two pickups are combined in series mode, adding a creamy humbucker to the mix while completely bypassing the 3-way switch.