GPOTD 1.5.17

[Guitar Heel]

Giffin T2 White Limba

Here is a rather nice looking T2 with a White Limba body and neck and a Ziricote fingerboard. The pickguard and fingerboard binding are made from very colorful tortoise shell, and I also made the switch tip out of the same material. The bridge is a TonePros AVT2, and for a change, I've used a set of Hipshot Ultralight tuners, all in gold as you can see. The pickups on this guitar are a pair of my own P90s.

http://willcuttguitars.com/roger-giffin/giffin-t2-white-limba-120

 

[Chad]

ditch the gold and give it regular tort and I'm in.

 

[GDSmithTX]

That's pretty hot. I love solidbody P90s, but I'm curious about the decision to go for soapbar and dogear; seems a bit mismatched. I'm sure it would sound very nice, though.

 

[Dogsinplastic]

That's pretty nice.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

#goldhardwarefailboat

 

[gtrjunior]

Lose the gold hardware and tort guard and I'd rock that.

 

[mikesr1963]

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I would check it out. Don't love the gold.

 

[Gorgon90]

Personal preference, I'd take a pair of humbuckers over P90s but I'd certainly give it a go as is.

 

[Coralkong]

I like it.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

That's smoking hot. Even the gold hardware works.

 

[jelloman]

...george...

 

[Gary Blanchard]

As soon as the picture opened, this went through my head:


I feel the same way about the guitar as I do the song.

 

[BuzzBaloo]

I'm not a gold hardware hater, but I think it was the wrong choice for a retro, natueal body and '40's style Italian tortoise pickguard

 

[bsman]

It's nice, but I agree with the consensus that with a black PG (and binding -- that fingerboard tort binding is fugly) and chrome hardware it would be killer.

 

[PunkKitty]

Meh.

 

[OGG]

I give it a solid PHUCKNO!

 

[ellengtrgrl]

It's OK, but not necessarily my first choice for a new guitar.

 

[Lerxst]

Pass on the gold hardware and dog ear/soapbar combo.

If you look at a handful of T1s & T2s you might notice how the pickguard gap around the bridge pickup isn't consistent on many of the guitars. Dunno if that's due to slightly different dimensions of various P-90s or what but it just one of those details that once you see, you can unsee for me.

 

[CBHScott]

I don't care for the pickguard, either, but HOT DAMN THIS THING IS SMOKIN' drool0