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Condition: Used, Excellent

From Comins Guitars

The GCS-1ES is of the same design as the GCS-1 although the fingerboard and top wood has been replaced with Ebony and Spruce respectively. This configuration tailors the instrument more specifically toward warmer/darker/thicker jazz tones. Included is a TKL hard-shell case.

2014-15

Serial Number
1ES112089
Body Dimensions
14 5/8” lower bout width, 1 5/8” depth
Top
Laminated Spruce
Back
Laminated Sapele
Body and Neck Wood
Eastern Mahogany
Fingerboard
Ebony, 12” radius, 24.75” scale length, 1.70” nut width, dot position markers
Neck
Medium C shape, comfortably contoured
Pickups and electronics
Custom wound Kent Armstrong humbucking pickups, 3 way toggle switch, (2) volume and (2) tone controls. One of the tone controls is a push/pull pot converting both pickups to single coil mode.
Hardware finish
Chrome
Tuners
Wilkinson, smooth 19:1 gear ratio
Binding
Multi-ply ivory/black surround the peghead, neck, and body back with additional plies surrounding the body top
Average Weight
8 lbs. (varies plus or minus 6%)
Finish
Vintage Blonde

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