When I saw Vinny's post (thank you Vinny) in the For Sale section on this forum about this guitar from Gryphon I did what any normal guitar player would do: 5 minutes of frenzied, shallow and incomplete diligence followed by credit cards and shipping forms. It was a good call.
Gryphon's has a reputation as a good source so that was good. However, I have never received a guitar packed or prepared this well. They appear to have custom plastic/air pads that fit over the head of the case to make sure it can't move in the outer box. Then the sides are filled in with bubble wrap. Inside the case the guitar was full secured from any bounce. It wasn't going anywhere. I have never seen packing this good. And the guitar.. perfectly polished. Not even a fingerprint. Very impressive. They spent some time going over the guitar and prepping it.
The guitar.. not sure it's been played. There is no fret wear. The truss rod appears to have never been turned. There is not a bump, pick indent, scratch, haze, or anything else I can find. There isn't a front strap pin. Haven't had it long so something may turn up but a quick search found just shiny, polished guitar. And a stunning shaded deep brown (not black) burst. It's a very nice looking guitar. No bling. Just polished surfaces, nickel plate, and the bare minimum inlay. It looks better in person than in pictures.
Over time we'll see how I bond with it. Putting .012 Tomastik Infeld Jazz BeBop's on it. Will set the action a bit lower and see how the relief is after it sets awhile with the new strings. Then I will play it rather a lot. A quick check with what appears to be chrome .011's was pretty good actually. This is going to be good.
Some quick poor pictures from my bench.. and a few from Gryphon so you can actually see it.
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