Product: Gagnon Guitars Thinline
Price Paid: US under 2500.00
Submitted
09/28/2002
at
09:50am
by
s d seltzer
Email: borrelloseltzer<at>hotmail dot com
Features
:
10
another superb product from this 1 man shop. beautifully designed and executed solid top. white laquer with gorgeous wood trim. gold hardware with 2 humbuckers built in. classic design with tasteful flourishes and touches throughout. soft cutaway gives excellent access. originally came with bigsby, but was swapped out for ebony tailpiece to make it sound jazzier. tune-o-matic bridge. beefy round neck with georgeous smooth fretwork on ebony board. larger headstock suggests new york city style. from a distance kind of has a gretsch vibe, like a white falcon. very sharp looking. available in different color options, all of which look great in photos. comes with hard shell case.
Sound
:
10
as expected, great sounding instrument. can cover anything from smooth jazz, blues, to rockabilly. each pickup has distinctly different sound and rolling off tone works well. bridge pickup has a lot of bite. middle position can coax "lucille" like sounds. does feed back because it is very light and resonant so high volume is tricky. might consider stuffing padding in f holes or even ordering without sound holes if high volume stage presence is needed.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
all fit and finish issues are superbly handled. plays easily, but depending upon string guage may need a bit of tweaking. all edges smooth, all frets equal. all electronics work flawlessly. a real looker.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
built as well as i could imagine. no skimping anywhere on quality.
would trust it anywhere.
Customer Support
:
10
builder has been a prince to deal with. reasonable easygoing person. very flexible and anxious to please. very customer friendly. nothing to correct or work on, but past experience with this builder revealed someone totally committed to customer satisfaction. lifetime warranty against defects.
Overall Rating
:
10
have been playing over 15 years playing a variety of styles from blues to jazz. owned many, many guitars over that time from large manufacturers to sole working lutiers. no one makes a better guitar , period!!! tremendous value for the money. wonderfull owner/builder. stands up to anything similar to it made by anybody and blows most custom efforts by large manufacturers away easily.
