The Grandé | Gordon Smith Guitars

Doug Sparkes and Matt Day take you through the features of the Grandé, a range-topping new GS model for 24/25.

Gordon Smith Guitars are the UK's longest established electric guitar manufacturer. Founded in 1974, we've been handcrafting working guitars for working musicians for 50 years.
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[walkinginharmony]

They look stunning and sound fabulous! I think that model has brought you in to the top tier. Brilliant.

[BrettKingman]

It's an amazing guitar. I have a Merlot version here and I'll be putting up a demo shortly. Congrats, blokes!

[DannyGraham-knwm]

The Guitar in the Bottom left hand corner looks very much like my Gemini, which I had made in about 1981/82 serial 00347. It's the only other one I've seen with MOP inlays. Still my favorite guitar. Nice to see GS doing well. They deserve a lot more support and credit from UK buyers.

[Andrew-surk]

So glad to see how you are continuing to grow Gordon Smith.

[FlightofElixirs]

Fantastic. Love the look and sound of this. Want one.

[SG]

Matt is a killer guitarist! Grandé sure looks and sounds grand too. Well done to the whole team and all the best wishes for a successful launch!

[allanbyford]

Great guitars. A beautiful anniversary product. Well done Doug and the team at GS

[BobbyHarrisonGuitar]

Love it! Just need to decide between the green or the blue! Love the metallic blue, but man, the tortoise shell binding on the green is stunning!

[madisspiegel]

Looks great, sounds great! Does it come left-handed as well?

[BinaryDad]

Pretty tasty. They all look nice. Never really vibed with the actual Gordon Smith lettering - appreciate it's how they've always been, but a funkier GS logo would perhaps bring the branding up to the level of everything else. Regardless, hope these do well

[mediastarguest]

Nice guitars but according to Guitar World, this model is priced at £2000 RRP.
Kinda defeats the purpose of buying a Gordon Smith in the first place.
For those who don't know, this company has been making quality instruments since the 1980s and the whole point of purchasing a Gordon Smith was to acquire a high quality guitar at a very reasonable and competitive price. Which I did in 1989 when I bought one.
However, like most things nowadays, complication and change for change's sake seems to have become more valued and esteemed over simplicity, purity and functionality.
So for those who know the price of everything and the value of nothing, this guitar would be a viable choice.
But for those of us who have been around a bit, an American-made Telecaster for almost half the price would be a better option. Or a Schecter PT Nick Johnstone for even less.
For me anyway. And, on top of that, I don't need to sell my beloved GS2 to finance my new purchase, I get to keep that beautiful guitar I bought for £220 all those 35 years ago.

[hihopeseveryday]

All hard tails, no floating tremolo? Fellas nice guitar but floating tremolo is my world with 5 strats successively. Would be nice to see a typical build for this bridge arrangement. Schaller locking tuners please and ease of truss rod adjustments.

[SimplyGimpy]

Rabbit-holling around YouTube trying to find a better single pick-up neck sound, and so far hard to beat that tone at 3:55 or so? Whew.