Gordon Smith Grande Merlot Electric Guitar

The Grande is Gordon Smith's range-leading guitar, and it puts the workshop's best components and most involved woodwork into one instrument. The body is carved front and back and weighs in under 7lbs, with double binding on the body, neck and headstock - the kind of detail that takes hours of hand work and is immediately obvious once the guitar is in your hands. The result is a modern instrument built with traditional Gordon Smith touches rather than a period reproduction. Merlot is a deep translucent red that lets the timber show through the colour. Hand-built in England.