GRL Photos
These are a few photos of GRL guitars built over the last 15 years. Because all GRL Guitars are an expierment of some sort I will make a note of what it was on each.
This is Woodie
A neck through design originally built in around 1991 and finished in solid black due to a few minor flaws in the wood that I decided would show. After a later update I decided the natural wood was just too nice to cover up. The woods are Hard Maple and Walnut. The fret board is 24.75 scale Ebony. It is fitted with a set of hot rail single coil (really Humbucker) pickups and an ARB style bridge and stop tail piece with no back rake on the neck. The experiment was mainly the combination of the Fender style pickups and layout with a Gibson scale length along with no back rake on the neck and an ARB style bridge. The pitfall was poor action and a fat neck; I tend to like an Ibanez or Fender style neck profile. I used the old style Gibson barrel profile on the neck which I have never liked. I have since corrected the action by letting the bridge into the body a little and re-profiling the neck as much as I could to the D shape (double action truss rod). It is finished in Nitro clear with a hint of amber tint. It now plays and sounds great and I think it looks much better without the solid color. Don't give up on a bad design, think of the old saying, if at first you don't succeed try, try again.
This is Pearl
Another Neckthrough based on the Les Paul style body. I was expiermenting with more than one new idea and they all turned out good. First, the controls were changed from Gibson LP layout to Teli but with a 500k ohm volume pot, 1m ohm tone and 5 way Strat switch to accomodate the third pickup. Second, Single piece truss rod that allows for a flatter D profile on the neck. Third, edge mounting the fret marker dots allowing them to also be side markers and fourth, my new distressed red color. The wood is all Mahogany with a 24.75 scale Rosewood fret board.
This is Lucy
Another Neckthrough based on the Teli style body. This is the last time I used a double action truss rod, I am done with thick necks. Finished in traditional nitro cherry red color. The wood is all Mahogany with a 25.5 scale Maple fret board. The pickups are Duncan Jazz at the neck and SH4 in the bridge position. The body is .5 inch narrower then a standard Teli.
