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Home / Shop / 2001 Veillette Gryphon Poplar/Quilted Maple

2001 Veillette Gryphon Poplar/Quilted Maple

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Status
Sold
Brand
Veillette
Product Year
2001
Model
Gryphon
Serial #
2
New/Preowned
Preowned
SKU
2566
Condition
Excellent. This is the very first production Veillette Gryphon. Joe Veillette personally played this guitar for some time. Some play wear, button marks on back, but overall clean.
Body Type(s)
Small, Solid Body
Back & Sides
Poplar
Top
Maple
Neck Wood
Maple
Bridge
Wenge Combo Bridge and Tailpiece
Rosette
N/A
Top Trim
N/A
Fingerboard
Wenge
Fingerboard Bindings
None
Fret Markers
None
Frets to Body
20
Headplate
Maple - Quilted
Headstock Inlay
Builder Logo
Body Bindings
None
Tuners
Gotoh 510 Mini
Tuner Finish
Black with Amber buttons
Cutaway
Venetian
Pickup
Alverez P.V. System. Individual saddle elements and onboard preamp with contour and 2 band EQ.
Body Length
15 in
Upper Bout
8 in
Lower Bout
12.5 in
Body Depth Heel
2 in
Body Depth Tail
2 in
Scale Length
18.5 in
Scale Length (mm)
469.9 mm
Nut Width
1.94 in
Nut Width (mm)
49.3 mm
String Spacing
2.25 in
String Spacing (mm)
57.15 mm
Weight
0 lb. 0 oz.
Case
Gig Bag - Gig Bag
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This is the very first production version of Joe Veillette’s wonderful Gryphon High Tuned 12 String design. Joe personally played this guitar for some time. The Gryphon is uses a 18.5″ scale tuned up to high D to create a wonderful mandolin like chime, only warmer and tuned in the same intervals as guitar, so any guitarist can play it immediately. This Prototype is a solid body version made from Poplar with a Quilted Maple top and matching headplate. A maple neck fitted with a Wenge Fingerboard that matches the Wenge Bridge/tailpiece. The single cutaway allows full access to the highest frets. An Alvarez P.V. pickup system provides separate saddle elements and an onboard preamp with contour and 3 Band EQ. This is a superb gigging Gryphon and has the history of being first ever Gryphon, a design we feel is one of the most exciting and fresh in years.

Joe Veillette and I are good friends and we talk a lot about design ideas and Joe is a real visionary. He's a player and thinks like a player. So the Gryphon has a real purpose, a sound that fits perfectly into a group to add a unique and wonderful color. It also is an amazing solo instrument that adds spice to any all guitar performance. This piece is the first production Gryphon ever, created by Joe to prove his idea and as such, it's a historic example of his work. This is how guitar designs are born, very cool indeed!
This solid body Gryphon model has a very cool vibe about it. The built in pickup system has a nice natural tone and the double strings give it a unique, almost mandolin like sound.
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Scale Length 18.5 in
Nut Width 1.94 in
String Spacing 2.25 in
Woods Maple, Poplar

This is the very first production version of Joe Veillette's wonderful Gryphon High Tuned 12 String design. Joe personally played this guitar for some time

Joe Veillette and I are good friends and we talk a lot about design ideas and Joe is a real visionary. He's a player and thinks like a player
This solid body Gryphon model has a very cool vibe about it. The built in pickup system has a nice natural tone and the double strings give it a unique, almost mandolin like sound.
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