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Giffin Custom 6 String Fretless

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Giffin Custom 6 String Fretless

£2,500

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Last observed 28 Oct 2026. Confirm current availability with the seller.

Brand in listing
Other
Category
Bass guitar
Condition
Used
Source country
GB
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Pre-owned custom made Giffin 6 String Fretless with a flight case.  Below is an excerpt from Roger Giffin's website giving a short history of Giffin Guitars: https://www.giffinguitars.com/About%20Giffin%20Guitars.htm Specs: Nut Width: 58mm String Spacing: 16mm Scale Length: 34" Weight: 4.63kg   | The workshop   The  workshop was located under a bridge by the river Thames in London, and it soon became a meeting place for many 'name' player of that time.   It became the hotspot for people seeking great  guitars and guitar service.      Regular customers included Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and John Entwhistle (The Who), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Andy Summers (The Police) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), and many more.  Hundreds of quality, reasonably priced guitars were made at "Giffin Guitars."             (Working in the old shop in my thermal underwear.)    |   | |   |   | |   | ...and the Retail Store The Giffin Guitar workshop was in operation at this location for about 7 years, and the  retail part of the workshop, which existed for about 3 years, was an outlet for Giffin Guitars as well as for other brand name guitars. (This is a picture from the opening day of the 'retail section of "Giffin Guitars.") |   |   |   Moving to California   In the late '70s, I was designing a prototype guitar that became the   Steinberger 'M' series.    It was because of this guitar that I was offered the job to run Gibson's West Coast custom shop in Los Angeles.  I  needed a change at that point, and jumped at this opportunity.                                       (The prototype) |   |   |   |   | |   | The Gibson Custom Shop      So, in 1988 I moved to California. Once in L.A. and , employed by Gibson, I started building Gibson Custom instruments and fronting the Gibson West Coast repair shop. During this time, I built many different Gibson custom guitars, while the "Giffin" side of things was "on a slow burner."    The client list during this time

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