Guthrie Govan Discussion

[brosa77]

Now that's something to be excited about!

Normally i could care less about a sig model, but this looks like a really cool allround guitar.

I hope there will be pictures soon

[alexkhan]

[jordan]

[alexkhan]

[jordan]

Sure, understood - thanks again for the reply.

The more thought I give to it - the more the blower switch sounds like a great idea. Will it physically be a small toggle switch? And when you "un-blow", do you go back to the settings you had previously?

[alexkhan]

[Zorshelter]

When will we be able to order one?

and do you have an idea of the price, thank you
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[frankus]

It needs fretlights and lasers but it's getting there
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[frankus]

no... fret markers lit up by fibre optics all notes are good some need to be hung around on more than others is all
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[alexkhan]

[Zorshelter]

Thanks, can't wait to see it in action
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[alexkhan]

BTW, it should be noted that Guthrie has never actually spec'd out a guitar. I just send him suggestions with filled-out spec sheets and he just says, "That looks good." The only things he requested on this guitar that's out of the norm are the blower switch and the Tremel-No. He's not particular about the specs at all. He's the type who'll pick up a guitar off a wall and if he likes it he'll just keep playing it. He likes big necks and thin necks; he loves all the different woods; he likes different kinds of humbuckers and single-coils; he doesn't seem to care about the fingerboard radius as long as it's not the vintage 7.25" radius, etc. He just adapts to different kinds of guitars and pulls out the strong characteristics of each guitar for a particular sound or musical style.

I remember him at a Tone Merchants clinic back in '04 and, for one tune ('Ner-Ner'), he needed a hardtail guitar because it required drop-D tuning. I handed him a Japanese-made Sugi guitar that's somewhat Les Paul-esque and he said, "Hmmm, never heard of this brand, but okay. I should be able to make it work for this tune." There aren't many players, no matter how good, who'll just pick up a guitar he had never seen or played before and use it right away in a live performance. He even did the same with a Vigier fretless guitar during another gig. He just picked it up and said, "It might be fun to play this on a tune." And he just killed with the fretless and played really complex parts with perfect intonation all over the neck. He really is a freak of nature.
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[Skyth]

Awesome!

I actually got into GG a few weeks back. The thing I respect about him the most, is that he actually seems to love the guitar... not a certain style or something, just the instrument... Love the way he has studied many styles, took the best of it and incorporated it in his own playing... that respectful attitude is inspiring..

The reason why I find this guitar interesting, because GG, as a connaisseur and player of many styles, should bring out an interesting guitar

What I actually wonder though, wouldn't the guitar sound to dark/midrangy with a mahogany body and neck?

[sumis]