Veilletti Gryphon12

I saw Dave Mathews using this cool instrument, so I looked it up.

http://www.veilletteguitars.com/acoustic_gryphon.shtml

when I first found it, there were two short scale lengths offered, but they seem to have dropped one of them recently. Still, it is offered as a 6 or 12 string, and it is also available as a part of a doublenecked instrument, along with a standard length neck. Pretty cool, especially in the red sunburst. I'd love one of these, but my days of buying $4200 guitars is gone.

Veilettes are niiiice...so I hear! .

They're on the "If I win the lottery" section of my G.A.S. list.

A friend of mine just commissioned a Veillette 5 string short scale bass, low E to high C. He has several custom (hugely expensive) Alembics, but he's pretty much only playing the Veillette these days. They are pretty great instruments I hear.

What an interesting instrument. I'll have to locate any local dealers and try one out.

Of course, owning one is out of the question...
Whitefang

remember the Robin Octave electrics from the 80s?



they might be a 6 string equivalent of this (tuned like standard 12th fret up) that can be found for cheap.

Last time I saw one on eBay it went for $599.

Mitch Easter makes use of one in this song as the main guitar part, doubled with what sounds like maybe a Nashville-tuned acoustic... live it was pretty awesome sounding.

Cool. I could really dig one of those...

My daughter Kaki King has one. Here's a recent video interview she did for MusicRadar where she discusses and plays several of her stage guitars, beginning with the Gryphon 12:

http://nwoag.com/kaki-kings-guitars/

Best to all--

Dave King
Kaki's dad

Damn!

I need to go to the store and buy more talent.

!

Yeah...