Sound Pure's Take
If you are not familiar with Roger Giffin, I guarantee you are familiar with his list of clients: Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Joe Walsh, Keith Richards, and George Harrison, just to name a few! The Valiant was Roger's first Single Cut design. With its offset contoured body and sharper lower cutaway it's definitely working its slant on a traditional setneck design. The straight string-pull headstock is a bonus as well. This one has a giant voice and wonderful playability - "Hoss" means business. One open E chord and you'll understand why all of those "stars" sought Roger's work.
Right off the bat I loved the chunky feel of this guitars neck. It's one of those necks that seems to hug the inside of your palm on bends and really facilitates good string control. I found bluesy licks and inflections to come through with the greatest of ease. The strong punchy tone of this guitar is perfect for rock and blues. With a little bit of overdrive it really cranks some open chord rock, and has a serious sweet spot for ripping some leads up the neck. I love its simplistic master volume/master tone operating scheme, and the coil split is a handy addition should you need a little smokey single coil action to spice up the night. Overall, this is a killer ax and would easily fit into a discerning collector's arsenal.
From Other (Miscellanous Used/Vintage/Consign)
The Valiant was my original single cutaway electric guitar, and it presents a modern slant on a traditional theme with its off-set contoured body and straight string-pull head stock.
Wood
- Body
- Mahogany
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Body top
- Flame Maple
- Fingerboards
- Rosewood
- Neck Shape
- 50's Shape .860-.980 soft V
12" radius
Hardware
- Tuners
- Sperzel Solid Pro
- Bridge
- Tonepros AVT Wraparound
- Pickups
- Amalfitano Humbuckers
- Guitar controls
- 1-volume, 1-tone w/ push pull for coil split, 3-position pickup selector (Switchcraft).
Neck dimensions
- Scale Length
- 24.624 inches
- Width at nut
- 1.687inches
- Neck/body joint
- Neck joins body at 16th fret. Heel is cut away to an unobtrusive but safe minimum
- Inlay options
- Standard vertical lines
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