Product: Gmp Pawnshop Classic Deluxe
Price Paid: US $1400
Submitted
07/08/2006
at
09:43am
by
Devin Holiday
Features
:
10
#401 so it is a few years old
Of course San Dimas CA.
Basically its a thinline Les Paul semi hollow.
Ebony fretboard
22 frets
Custom Custom in the bridge
59 in the neck
Silver flake paint.
Tone Pros Stop tailpiece
Locking tuners
I cant remember all the details
Sound
:
10
I play sleazy rock n roll in the style of Buckcherry and Backyard Babies
This guitar sounds like a dream. I have played most any type of guitar imaginable. Finally settling on Les Pauls. They still didn't quite have what I was looking for.
The GMP did
I always found les pauls to be a little wobbly in the bass end (for me anyway) and a bit muddy.
This GMP has the balls of a Les Paul but also the clarity that was lacking from every les paul I ever played
My setup is as follows
GMP Pawnshop Classic Deluxe (backup=GMP Pawnshop special)into
Sennheiser ew 172 G2 into
Planet waves strobe tuner into
Line 6 Flextone II HD (upgrading soon to Soldano Decatone) into
Avatar G412 Custom Cab
Simply a beautiful tone.
No matter what I am looking for in a song this guitar does it. Full and lush? Check. Ballsy and chunky? check. clean and clear? check.
There is simply nothing I dont like about this guitar.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
I bought this used and tend to always adjust the setup to suit my needs anway.
It did have a few chips in the coating over the flake when I bought it used but because of the paint style they are not noticable.
I still give it a 10 because GMP simply builds the best.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
I am very rough on guitars when playing
I do not buy them to collect I buy them to play so I can probably break anything.
This is axe #1 for me my backup has seen maybe 45 minutes of playin time in the past year.
I seem to cause more buckle rash than anyone else I know on any guitar just based on the sheer amount of movement when I play. So I cannot fault any company on that.
The only problem I have had is a volume pot going bad onstage. However once again I basically shattered the inside of it onstage. Very aggresive playin style.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
They were out of business before I bought this one
Overall Rating
:
10
been playin about 13 years and GMP guitars are what I had been searching for.
I check ebay daily for more.
