Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

flieger67

New member
FedEx delivered this on Monday:

DSC00041.jpg


DSC00043.jpg


And for EVH fans, here's a little tip of the hat to Eddie:

DSC00046.jpg



Specs on this guitar:

- Ash body (nice light weight)
- Maple neck and fingerboard
- Stainless steel 6105 frets
- Floyd Rose with D-Tuna
- Grosh Blown 59 (bridge) and custom Grosh Fat 60's (neck) pickups
- 4-way switch for pickup selection
- the color is called "sunburst orange pearl"

This is my first ash guitar and it sounds incredible. Needless to say, the guys at Grosh put together one heckuva great guitar and the setup is unreal: low action with no buzzing and the fretwork truly perfectly done.

Grosh started winding their own pickups recently, offering single coils initially and then moving onto humbuckers. The Blown 59 in this guitar (some of the guys in the shop are into old hotrods) is a hotter pickup but not a mega-drive sort of pickup. It's got a great, focused midrange with enough output to let harmonics scream and to drive an amp. The neck pickup was custom wound to better match the Blown 59.

The 4-way switch is really cool and not something that I knew existed until about a week or two ago. The switch is wired to give either pickup alone or combined, with the bridge in full humbucker mode in one position or split in another. All four positions have a distinct sound to them.
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

Congratulations, man! Sweet guitar. Wish you all the luck in the world with it.
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

Grosh makes some beautiful instruments, and that one is no exception. Looks great!
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

I haven't heard much about Grosh in recent years, but have always loved them much more than many other boutique guitars. Incredible necks!
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

I had a Bent Top Custom once and Don Grosh is a meticulous builder. Great looking finish on that one and if it sounds as good as it looks then you're in for a treat :)
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

That looks VERY cool... neat body shape! I may have to look into these...
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

Very nice.

Only a tone control?

I would rather have only a volume, I use it to turn down to clean-up my sound, and turn it up to get a bit more grit. I could do without a tone control...rarely use it.

In any case, it really looks like a super axe.
 
Re: Just got a custom Grosh ElectraJet

Very nice.

Only a tone control?

I would rather have only a volume, I use it to turn down to clean-up my sound, and turn it up to get a bit more grit. I could do without a tone control...rarely use it.


The "tone" control is actually a volume control - it just is labelled "TONE" as a nod to Eddie Van Halen, who did something similar on his signature MusicMan guitars and who once said something along the lines that his volume control is his tone control.

So yes, I find a volume control generally more useful than a tone control.
 
Back
Top