Giffin Solid Body Electric Guitar - Carved Spalted Maple Top - Pre-Loved

This is a collector-owned Roger Griffin Solid Body Standard series with all upgrades, stored in a climate and humidity controlled in absolutely excellent condition.

The guitar has a premium quality spalted maple top over a Honduras Mahogany body and a laminated 5 piece neck. It's currently fitted with Bare Knuckle ‘Steve Stevens’ zebra pickups  -this guitar is the ultimate rock machine that can clean up with the volume knob.

Weight: 3.6Kg (guitar only)

Wood:                                                                                              
Body:  Honduras Mahogany
Neck:  Laminated Honduras Mahogany and Maple    
Body top:  Figured Maple 
Fingerboards: Rosewood,

Hardware:
Tuners:  Gotoh 510 Delta series
Bridge:   Wrap around Wilkinson,
Pickups:  Bare Knuckle – Steve Stevens Set with coil tap 
Guitar controls: 1-volume, 1-tone (CTS or DiMarzio pots), 3-position pickup selector (Switchcraft).

Neck dimensions:
Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches
Width at nut:  1 11/16 inches, width at 22nd fret:  2 1/4 inches.
Neck thickness at first fret:  .890 inches to .910 inches.  Thickness at 12th fret:  .990 inches to 1.000 inches.
General neck shape is based on a 50's Gibson  which is a 'C' shape at the body end tapering down to a slight
'V' shape at the nut end.
Neck/body joint:  Neck joins body at 20th fret.  Heel is cut away to an unobtrusive but safe minimum
Inlay options:  Standard vertical lines,

Roger Giffin started building guitars in the mid 60s for his own enjoyment, but soon realized that this could develop into more than a hobby . He kept experimenting for a number of years, building guitars on the side while also working at one of London's most popular music stores at the time, "Top Gear." 

During this period, he was introduced to a large number of influential people, including many of the top guitarists of those days who used Top Gear as a favorite hang-out. Roger established Giffin Guitars in 1976 after leaving Top Gear; and, with the contacts made at that time, he found himself regularly working for bands like:  The Who, The Rolling Stones, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, The Pretenders, The Police, and many others. 

Giffin Guitars operated for 10 years in the UK, building and repairing guitars for most of the then current bands and artists. During this time, Roger was able to develop his building style and create his own unique range of guitars. These designs have evolved over the years to fit the exacting requirements of his highly knowledgeable clients, and also reflect Roger's tastes for beauty and simplicity. After designing an instrument for Mike Rutherford of Genesis 1986, which was taken up by Steinberger in the US, Roger was offered a position to run Gibson's West Coast Custom Shop in Los Angeles. 

During the following six years, while running the Gibson Custom Shop, Roger again met and worked with a number of major artists including: Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page, Guns & Roses, Peter Frampton, AC DC, and many more. 

He left Gibson in 1994, restarted Giffin Guitars in the USA, and has been building continuously ever since. In 2004 Roger moved to Portland, Oregon, where he currently builds limited numbers of instruments from his home workshop. Roger has by now created many hundreds of guitars, and he still loves the feeling of making an instrument from beginning to end. They are made completely by hand with the care and attention to detail that comes from more than 30 years of experience. Every Giffin guitar starts out as a hand selected plank of wood from the work shop, and as a self-confessed "woodnut" a large part of the enjoyment comes from being able to seek out and use some of the most beautiful and toneful woods that nature can provide. His guitars are uncluttered, elegant, and above all, very playable, and although sometimes they can end up as art pieces, they are definitely not intended just to hang as decorations on a wall. 

This is a beautifully carved spalted Maple solid body guitar build by Roger Giffin himself. The Honduras Mahogany body offers brilliant sustain. This sort of guitar doesn't come around often and is a real work of art itself. For anyone wanting a unique, stunning guitar, this is the one for you.