Left-Handed Guitars

Gordon-Smith Graduate 60, 998 (hand-crafted in Britain)

Status: SOLD

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This beautifully-aged Graduate has a mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and a thick mahogany body. The body is capped with a gorgeous deep flamed maple top finished in a glossy transparent honey colour and the rest of the guitar has a clear satin finish. It's one of those finishes that seems to change colour, depth and texture depending on how the light hits it. The mahogany part of the body is about 4cm thick and the top is about 1cm thick at the edges. As a 10 year old instrument this guitar is not in A1 cosmetic condition. It has a couple of finish blemishes and there are indications of some very minor surface damage or a possible manufacturing flaw between the top and bottom pots, but these don't show unless the light lands in the right way. I've tried to catch these in the photos, but they were so hard to capture that I didn't have much luck.

Like my Gypsy, this Graduate offers a superb range of sounds. Unusually for a guitar fitted with Gibson-style three-way pickup selector, though, some very interesting tones are available with the pickup selector in the middle (both) postion, especially when the front volume control is reduced a little. At times it almost sounds as though a wah-wah pedal is being used. Very nice.

Sustain on this guitar is incredible. Held notes seem to go on forever and some juicy feedback can be called up with not a lot of effort if that's what you want.

Graduates list for £849 basic. Grab yourself a bargain and get this one for less than £400.