Howie Griffin Series #G.23.84.22
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This 2022 Griffin Series guitar is made from Hard Maple, Basswood, and Curly Maple. It has a 24-fret Pau Ferro fingerboard with a scale length of 25in. The board has a compound radius of 15.5in at the tail down to 9.5in at the nut.
The Shape of the neck is what we call the Howie Thin Line. At the nut the depth is a shallow 0.88inches and at the 12th fret it is 0.91in. It was modeled after the 1960s Gibson ES 330 style neck…shallow all the way up the neck making it very easy on the hand, and great for wrap around chording. The width at the nut is 1.68inches. At the tail it is 2.16inches.
The pickups on this guitar are my personal favorites. They are the Hot-Rodded Humbucker set from Seymour Duncan. This combines the JB model humbucker, their most popular bridge pickup, with their most popular neck pickup, the Jazz model. This neck humbucker has been used by many great guitarists such as Randy Rhoads and Jeff Beck. You can find nearly any sound you are looking for with this versatile combo.
The chambered body design of this guitar makes it incredibly light weighing in at just 5.6lbs. Compare this to a typical Les Paul weighing in at 9 to 12 pounds.
The finish on this guitar was done with a catalyzed urethane that is normally used on automobiles. This high-end urethane dries very fast and hard allowing fewer coats and a thinner finish.
The rest of the nitty gritty details are all listed below….
Series: Griffin
Serial Number: #G.23.84.22
Birthday: 5.18.22
Main Body Wood: Basswood
Top Body Wood: Curly Maple
Neck Wood: Hard Maple
Peghead Veneer: Curly Maple
Fretboard: Pau Ferro
TR Cover: Curly Maple
Weight: 5.6lbs, 2.54kg
Carve Type: 0.5in Fibonacci
Scale Length: 25, 63.5cm
Nut Width: 1.68in, 4.27cm
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
Fretwire: 0.09in, Stainless Steel
Neck Angle: 3.75deg
Torsion Angle: 0deg
Neck Carve: Howie Thin Line
Peghead Angle: 8.5deg
Pups: Seymour Duncan Hot Rodded Humbucker set
Tuning Machines: Gotoh Black
Nut: Bleached Bone
Truss Rod: Hotrod Low Profile
Bridge: Kluson ABR Wired
Tail Piece: Gotoh Stop
Strap Pins: Black
Strings: S.I.T. Power Groove
Inlays: Abalone and Black Richlite
Pup Rings: Howie Custom Offset
Side Dots: Abalone
Knobs: Black Gibson Style
Finish: DC 2000 Catalyzed Urethane