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Monday, April 07, 2008
Grosh! what a nice guitar!
Posted by Jon in • Cool Guitars
I love checking out boutique electric guitars I think that I would be so much happier knowing that so much individual attention went into creating my instrument rather than a bunch of machines and robots in a factory line… unfortunately that kind of craftmanship comes at a price and so I have to make do with what I have for now, although my ‘94 Patrick Eggle was a production line guitar in the mass produced Fender or Gibson sense and it was made in England… which makes a nice change! Anyway I’m waffling on as usual so I’ll get down to business!
I just came across Grosh Guitars and whilst idling clicking through the vast array of guitars they have produced I came across the Custom Carved Top pictured above and just had to feature it here on Guitar Noize.
”Don Grosh Custom Guitars was established in 1993 with the singular goal of producing the world’s finest custom electric guitars and basses. We achieve this goal by paying careful attention to all aspects of each instrument we build. By utilizing a “Bench Style” building process, as opposed to a production line, we ensure that each and every instrument produced is up to our exacting standards. Our team of highly experienced builders constructs each instrument as a complete cohesive creation”
There are little details about this exact model but there is an overview of features on his site that explain how each guitar is crafted, I managed to figure out that the Custom Carve top has a highly figured Maple top with Basswood or Mahogany back and a solid Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard.
” Necks are equipped with the Don Grosh exclusive truss rod. This double welded bar design is much more stable and stronger than standard truss rod design, and is about two times the weight. This creates greater sustain and better tone transfer from neck to body, resulting in a much more alive sounding guitar.”
The thing I really like about this particular model is that it has a very similar look to Greg Howe’s current ESP guitar that he has been using on the videos posted on his website but the figured maple gives it a bit more of a classic look. This would be a really nice addition to my guitar collection… nudge nudge, wink wink… Don? Are you there? Ah well…
I like the neck in the natural color, I am a sucker for this I don’t know why but it always makes me happy when I see one
Do you mean the maple fretboard? Yes I have only owned 1 guitar with a Maple fretboard which was my Ibanez RG550DX, every other guitar has been Rosewood, but I do think it looks great and sounds nice and bright too.
mmmmmm Blue....
Lovely guitar!
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