This is the second Griffin Series guitar built for 2018. It comes with a strap and hardshell case. It is loaded with two Kent Armstrong P90s. The body is a carved piece of solid Maple. The neck is Cherry and the fretboard is Ebony with Mother of Pearl Inlays. The inside of the body features our patented Nautilus shell design and is embedded with piezo pickups. You can see this design in the last pictures above. There is a 2nd switch added that blends the piezo pickups with the P90s.
We always name each guitar that we build because we become so close with the guitar through the process. This one was named after one of my best friends' daughter Helen. She showed me a picture of a sea turtle as an example of her favorite color and the stain for this guitar matches the color as close as possible.
This guitar has been played quite a bit so it has some very minimal ware and tear so we dropped the price significantly
Please don't hesitate to message me with any questions you may have, and thanks for checking out one of our guitars! Here are the rest of the details.....
Main Body: Maple
Top Body Blank: Quitled Maple
Neck Blank: Hard Cherry
Fretboard: Ebony
Inlays: Mother of Pearl
Bindings: Cream
Bridge Pickup: Kent Armstrong P90
Neck Pickup: Kent Armstrong P90
Piezo: 2xNautilus Shell Embedded Piezo pickups
Knobs: White Speed
Tuning Machines: Vintage Gotoh
Fretwire: 6230 (Narrow/short)
Bridge: Nashville Tune-o-matic
Scale length: 25inches/63.5cm
Frets: 24
Nut: Bone
Ellen
This is a very special version of our Griffin Series Semi-Hollow guitars. It comes with a strap and hardshell case. It is loaded with two Bareknuckle Super Massive humbucker sized P90 pickups. The body is a carved piece of solid Walnut. The neck is Maple and the fretboard is Ziricote with Maple Inlays. The inside of the body features our patent pending Nautilus shell design and is embedded with piezo pickups.
There is a 2nd switch added that blends the piezo pickups with the Bareknuckle HSP90s.
We always name each guitar that we build because we become so close with the guitar through the process. This one was named after my favorite character in a Ken Follett book called “Pillars of the Earth.” Please don't hesitate to message me with any questions you may have, and thanks for checking out one of our guitars! Here are the rest of the details.....
Main Body: Walnut
Top Body Blank: Walnut
Neck Blank: Hard Maple
Fretboard: Ziricote
Inlays: Maple
Bindings: Cream
Bridge Pickup: Bareknuckle Super Massive HSP90
Neck Pickup: Bareknuckle Super Massive HSP90
Piezo: 2xNautilus Shell Embedded Piezo pickups
Knobs: Black Speed
Tuning Machines: Gotoh
Fretwire: 6230 (Narrow/short)
Bridge: Nashville Tune-o-matic
Scale length: 25inches/63.5cm
Frets: 24
Nut: Bone
Nellie
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Several people have asked us to make a semi hollow version of our Griffin Series so we finally did it. This is the first Semi Hollow Griffin we have ever built and we love it! It has the same feel as the classic Griffin but is MUCH lighter, and similar to the Escape model, we carved one nautilus shell inside of the body (see the 2nd picture) giving it the signature Howie guitar sound.
You may have noticed that we name every guitar that we build. The story behind the name Nellie is fairly simple. One of my favorite people is John Wooden. This guitar having an all natural wood finish made my wife throw out the name “Wooden.” This guitar just needed a woman’s name though so we chose John Wooden’s wife’s name. Nellie it is! Here are the specs.
Wood: Walnut Body and Top, Hard Maple Neck, Quilted Maple Fretboard.
Scale Length: 25 inches/63.5 centimeters
Headstock Angle: 13degree
Neck joint angle: 4 degrees
Bindings: Maple and Walnut
Fingerboard Radius: 12 inches
Frets: 24
Inlays: Walnut and Maple
Bridge Pickup: Epiphone Humbucker
Neck Pickup: Epiphone Humbucker
Tuning Keys: Mighty Mite Gold
Bridge: Gotoh Wrap Around Gold
Nut: Bone
Electronics: One volume and two tone potentiometers
Cotton
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This is one of the latest guitars in the Howie Guitars line up. It is a solid body guitar line we are calling the Griffin Series. It is completely hand built in Longmont, Colorado USA. It is our first double octave guitar with 24 frets and has a much deeper cut away than the escape series for easy access to the high end of the fingerboard. Please check out the video to hear the guitar and learn more about how it was built. This particular guitar has Jimmy Page Les Paul wiring with 4 different push/pull knobs. Here are the specifications….
Wood: Ambrosia Maple Body, Hard Maple neck, Ebony Fingerboard
Scale Length: 25 inches/63.5 centimeters
Headstock Angle: 10degree
Neck joint angle: 4 degrees
Bindings: White
Fingerboard Radius: 12 inches
Frets: 24
Inlays: Pearl broken diamonds
Bridge Pickup: Golden Age Parsons Street (Standard Wind 7k ohms) Humbucker
Neck Pickup: Golden Age Parsons Street (Standard Wind 7k ohms) Humbucker
Tuning Keys: Grover Vintage (136 Series) 3+3 Tuners
Tail Piece: Gotoh 'Stop' Tailpiece, Chrome, 5/16-24
Bridge: Nashville Tune-o-matic
Nut: Bone White
Cairn
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Wood: Poplar Body, Quilted Maple Top, Hard Maple Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard
Color: Green Sunburst
Hardware: Gold
Bindings: White
Pickup Rings: White
Scale Length: 25 inches/63.5 centimeters
Headstock Angle: 13degree
Neck joint angle: 5 degrees
Fingerboard Radius: 12 inches
Frets: 24
Inlays: Pearl Dots and Wings
Bridge Pickup: Golden Age Parsons Street Alnico 5 (Hot wind 9.5k ohms) Humbucker
Neck Pickup: Golden Age Parsons Street Alnico 2 (Standard Wind 7k ohms) Humbucker
Tuning Keys: Grover Deluxe Vintage
Tail Piece: Gotoh Stop
Bridge: Nashville Tune-o-matic
Nut: Deer Antler
Tara
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This is the latest guitar in the Howie Guitars line up. It is a solid body guitar we are calling the Griffin Series. It is completely hand built in Longmont, Colorado USA. It is our first double octave guitar with 24 frets and has a much deeper cut away than the escape series for easy access to the high end of the fingerboard. Please check out the video to hear the guitar and learn more about how it was built. Here are the specifications….
Wood: Ambrosia Maple Body, Hard Maple neck, Ebony Fingerboard
Scale Length: 25 inches/63.5 centimeters
Headstock Angle: 10degree
Neck joint angle: 4 degrees
Bindings: Black
Fingerboard Radius: Compound from 12 to 9.5 inches
Frets: 24
Inlays: Pearl Talons
Bridge Pickup: Golden Age Parsons Street (Hot wind 9.5k ohms) Humbucker
Neck Pickup: Golden Age Parsons Street (Standard Wind 7k ohms) Humbucker
Tuning Keys: Grover Vintage (135 Series) 3+3 Tuners, Ivory
Tail Piece: Gotoh 'Stop' Tailpiece, Chrome, 5/16-24
Bridge: Nashville Tune-o-matic
Nut: TUSQ XL Black