This force of nature came in—and went right back out the door to its happy new home. We’re sad to see it go, but we know it’ll be cherished for years to come.
We love Michael Greenfield’s work, hands down. His stated goal in voicing a guitar is for “FAT tone,” and we’re here to tell you, he nails it every time. This is his biggest model (if you don’t count his Harp Guitar of course), the G4.2, with his DADGAD fan fret spread at 26.25-25.5”, Laskin-style rib and arm bevels, and Michael’s Palm-A-Way cutaway alternative at the upper bout. An Adirondack Spruce top pairs with African Blackwood (both from Michael’s reserve stash) for a balance of thunderclaps and precision. This guitar has gears, as Paul would say. The multiscale setup lends itself handsomely to DADGAD, of course, but we were simply in awe of the responsiveness and projection when playing down in C9 territory. It’s really a work of functional art that fills the room and gives meaning to the phrase “lost track of time.”

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Contemporary fingerstyle meets its perfect companion: our 2016 Greenfield G4.2. Michael Greenfield’s guitars are in the hands of some of our favorite bleeding edge fingerstylists, like Pipo Romero and Andy McKee, and here’s why. Michael’s guitars are exquisitely responsive to a wide range of attacks, they have a cleanness and clarity that allows complex voicings to ring out with the right amount of definition, and they play effortlessly. Figured Mahogany back and sides here paired with Adirondack Spruce.
This particular G4.2 is fully loaded with creature comforts for playability and intonation. The multiscale fretboard is modeled after Andy McKee’s personal G4.2 (26” bass to 25.4” treble), there are twin arm and rib bevels, and Michael’s heel “swoosh” combined with a Florentine cutaway for easy access to the upper dusty frets. This guitar growls, it purrs, it exclaims, it converses. We keep playing different styles on it, and each comes out beautifully.
A instrument like this 2016 Greenfield G4.2 only comes along once in a great while; get this one you still can.

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Juicy, fat, a full-bodied beauty: our like-new 2018 Greenfield G2 is a force of nature. Malaysian Blackwood back and sides, Alpine Moonspruce top, twin arm & rib bevels plus a Florentine cutaway—and that’s just for starters. Michael also installed his DADGAD multiscale board (26.125” to 25.4”), Baljak tuners, his “swoosh” heel, and Spalted  rosette to tie it all together. And this beautiful package comes wrapped up in a Mainstage flight case to boot.
There’s some serious meat on these bones: the bass response is rich and enveloping, and those treble strings almost have a life of their own. The note-for-note balance is superb; somehow Michael manages to make individual notes juicy and larger-than-life, but clearly defined relative to adjacent ones. Loud and clear, indeed.
This 2018 Greenfield G2 is in a category all of its own.


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