from what scribble i can see on the headstock it might be one of these:
not sure if it has the neck pup though.
edit: forgot to actually say what it was. gordon smith gs 1.5
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:52 pm
by dezb1
you are indeed correct sir
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:58 pm
by Noirie.
Reece wrote:from what scribble i can see on the headstock it might be one of these:
not sure if it has the neck pup though.
edit: forgot to actually say what it was. gordon smith gs 1.5
Awesome. Prefer the neck pup there looks funny without it.
these are British custom jobs right?
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:01 am
by dezb1
i don't think they're custom just standar models
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:02 am
by euan
Nope not custom at all. Quite cheap. Though not as much as they were. Very workman guitars. Fran loves him some GS. As do I. A GS is going to be in my future at some point.
They don't offer the Graf Deluxe anymore. Raging. I loved that guitar.
The only picture I could find of one.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:11 am
by Noirie.
Just found another model but different finish £435
Will check some out. Cheers guys.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:17 am
by benecol
I've come within a hair's breadth of ordering a GS twice now, and hope to have one one day. I've always hankered after a twin cutaway GS2, but they are tiny on me. I think maybe a single cutaway with a P90...
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:20 am
by ekwatts
Gordon Smiths are really nice guitars, but probably about as dull as it gets. When I am 60 and I decide I want a Les Paul-style guitar with no frills, I will gladly get a Gordon Smith, safe in the knowledge that my days of being cool are well and truly behind me, with the final clumps of dirt being patted down simply by having purchased a Gordon Smith. Also, it will look far less desperate than a Gold Top, or a PRS.
In fact, it will look the polar opposite of desperate, and in fact look like I've given up completely and am actually awaiting death. They're like the nursing homes of guitars. The rest of your days in comfort, but also in beige. I hate beige.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:02 pm
by Boab
GS stuff does seem pretty cool. Anyone here actually got one?
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:21 am
by Reece
i think fran has/had one.
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:08 am
by James
Pretty much the only reason I've never bought one is the resale value is shit. A new one is £600 or so and will fetch £250-300 on ebay. If you buy a new one you can specify colours, bridge type, maple or rosewood, all sorts of details, but you're paying a hefy fee for it. I think they're worth £600 when compared to what £600 will buy you elsewhere, and they're certainly worth £300 in the used market, the only thing that competes at the price is some of the 70s/80s Japanese stuff.
I've been watching them on ebay for a long time, and have seen some fantastic looking ones. TV yellow, one p90 types and that sort of thing, but I've never seen a nice one when I've been looking to buy a new guitar. Eventually it will align and I'll be looking when one that looks good and has the features I want shows up, but it's not happened yet.
I might order one, but I think there are other guitars I'd rather spend £600 on that would stop me from doing that. £600 will also just about build a good parts guitar so that's another barrier at that price point.
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:05 pm
by SKC Willie
Those are pretty sweet guitars. I want one. They sort of remind of early Melody Makers.
Maybe I'm just crazy. Either way I want one.
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:57 am
by NJjoanjettfan
Reminds me of the Variax that the lead guitarist in the B-52's used when I saw them last year at the Community Theater in Morristown, N.J.
