What do we know about Grosh?

[Guest Meshuggah]

Medium lage neck, 1-11/16 nut

[Guest Mike Lee]

I have a lefty version of that in candy apple red with a maple neck. Best vintage Strat interpretation you'll find. Don goes after the vintage feel and tone, but makes improvements.

Mine has the same bridge (Gotoh 1088), locking Gotoh Klusons, and what looks like a micarta nut. You can dive bomb the thing and it stays in tune. I don't know how he did it, but it's set up perfectly. The truss rod is at the neck heel, but the body is cut away so you can reach it without removing the neck. All the body contrours are blended in rather than just blade cut.

The medium large neck is beefy but not too fat, fretwork is flawless on the tall 6105's - the ends are rounded rather than beveled. Pickups are Fralin Blues Specials with the bassplate on the bridge, controls are volume, tone, blend (neck/bridge). I think mine has a 1 5/8 nut though.

You really have to see/play/hear one to appreciate it. One things purists may not like is that he uses an oversized bathtub route for the pickups. Don claims that this improves the tone because it makes the guitar more of a semi-hollow. He also says it makes the tone of his guitars more consistent.

[DavidE]

I've only heard great things about Grosh guitars. Can't remember if I played one.

[Guest pirateflynn]

I'd like to try one.

[seeker]

What do we know about Grosh?, do we like them?

Send it to me and will promise to let you know.

[tombo]

DG makes great guitars. I'm even considering one myself (or an Anderson, or a Suhr, or a Hamer.....too many choices). I'm a big Tom Anderson fan, but as Mike Lee said, DG makes the most "vintage" of all the small builders (Anderson, Suhr, Tyler, Grosh, etc.). I couldn't think of a way to say "small builders", but my definition of small is about 800 guitars a year, which is what Anderson makes. Yup, there's much smaller operations, but let's not nitpick.

Anyway, go to the Grosh site and check out the galleries. Amazing stuff. Oh, and he doesn't use the Buzz Feiten system. This could be a plus or minus. Your call.

[Brother Noud]

I have a Set Neck that is awesome. The med/large neck must be played

to be appreciated. Mine has a 12" radius and 6150 frets, Fralin Unbuckers,

Gotoh locking tuners and wraparound bridge. In deep violin amber

with a quilt top.

I also have a Vintage T on order. Should be done by August.

No reason why we can't love our Hamers, but get a little strange

on the side...Grosh...good.

[salem]

Another good source of info is the "Small Luthiers Forum" on The Gear Page. Lots of Grosh posts there.

[JohnnyB]

I have a lefty version of that in candy apple red with a maple neck. ...

The medium large neck is beefy but not too fat, fretwork is flawless on the tall 6105's - the ends are rounded rather than beveled.

Yeah, baby, the fret work. You'd be hard pressed to find better, anywhere, at any price. It's like the frets were poured rather than set, leveled, and filed.