This one is something slightly out of the ordinary.
I picked up a Gordy Blueshift II this morning. Gordy were the Gordon side of Gordon Smith Guitars
who are the oldest UK guitar builders,set up around 1973 and still going.
These unusual shape basses were handmade around the mid 80s. This has a 00056 serial number.
Known for building good quality functional guitars this bass is no exception. Schaller hardware through-out even down too the straplocks it has GS handwound pickups that switch between SC and HB.
The Schaller bridge adusts intonation,string height and string spacing.
A couple of nice touches are the pickup height adjusts via 4 screws from the back and it came with a brass nut.
As you can see it well used but being nearly 30 years old I'd expect that. It plays well and once I adjusted to the body shape we've got on great together. Nothing fancy just good solid tones and a
pleasant neck not too thick,not too thin.
There were 3 Blueshift models a single pickup this double and the deluxe model and I think Gordon Smith made 2 or 3 other ranges. There was a split in the company and the Smith side of things only produce 1 bass now.Chances are this was built by Andy Evans of Pendragon Guitars in Wales when he
was an apprentice at GS. Still waiting on more info regards that.
And here's a thing I've not seen in a long while " Made in Great Britain " on a headstock.
Though I was aware of Gordon Smith guitars I'd never saw one and certainly not a Gordy. So today I was lucky enough to acquire not only a solid hand built bass but also a little bit of British guitar history.
Cheers folks it's been a good day.
I picked up a Gordy Blueshift II this morning. Gordy were the Gordon side of Gordon Smith Guitars
who are the oldest UK guitar builders,set up around 1973 and still going.
These unusual shape basses were handmade around the mid 80s. This has a 00056 serial number.
Known for building good quality functional guitars this bass is no exception. Schaller hardware through-out even down too the straplocks it has GS handwound pickups that switch between SC and HB.
The Schaller bridge adusts intonation,string height and string spacing.
A couple of nice touches are the pickup height adjusts via 4 screws from the back and it came with a brass nut.
As you can see it well used but being nearly 30 years old I'd expect that. It plays well and once I adjusted to the body shape we've got on great together. Nothing fancy just good solid tones and a
pleasant neck not too thick,not too thin.
There were 3 Blueshift models a single pickup this double and the deluxe model and I think Gordon Smith made 2 or 3 other ranges. There was a split in the company and the Smith side of things only produce 1 bass now.Chances are this was built by Andy Evans of Pendragon Guitars in Wales when he
was an apprentice at GS. Still waiting on more info regards that.
And here's a thing I've not seen in a long while " Made in Great Britain " on a headstock.
Though I was aware of Gordon Smith guitars I'd never saw one and certainly not a Gordy. So today I was lucky enough to acquire not only a solid hand built bass but also a little bit of British guitar history.
Cheers folks it's been a good day.
