Well earlier last week and it’s appeared in a few threads but thought I’d do a NGD because, after some time with it this weekend, this guitar has really taken me by surprise.
I’m on a bit of a mission at the moment to scratch any guitar related itches I’ve had burning for a while, and one of those is the new Gordon Smith outfit. I had a GS1 20 years ago until I sat on it and broke off the headstock a few years later, so have a soft spot.
This was in a sale at a great price so took a punt. Wowsers it’s great little guitar. Build is flawless, something I can’t say about guitars I’ve had at 4 times as much, so I’m not making allowances, it’s sharp and and looks in no way “homemade” - one piece mahogany body, one piece mahogany neck, hard case also included.
It plays like a dream, and it sounds just brilliant - it’s got that mahogany bark and bite, but pile on the delay and reverb and it does amazing indie-schmindi duties as well, something I wasn’t expecting, the GS humbucker seems to cut through in a way that no Gibson I’ve had ever had has, so I’m not about to change it.
Love it when a guitar takes you by surprise, this is an inspiring machine for not much money. Not really a looker, and is rather apologetic hanging amongst custom coloured Fender’s and Suhr, it’s like giving a home to a stray.
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I bought my first GS this year - lovely guitar, made to order, but sadly was damaged in transit during the heatwave. Gordon Smith took it back for repairs, but actually did an amazing job by building a replacement for me in about 5 weeks. Can't fault their customer service!
Now I'm a big fan of Gordon Smith, and loving my GS1000.
I think I paid cost price rather than full price as I don't remember paying that much for it. I didn't keep it for too long as kind of drifted back to Fenders but it was light,despite being all mahogany, and it played exceptionally well . . . If I remember rightly it had a brass nut . . . Not overly keen on some of the Bridge designs I've seen and I prefer the standard arrangement like the example above but these are great value for money guitars . . UK made too :-)
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