Lightly used demo. Here's the story. I had a successful showing at Summer NAMM 2019 and I ended up selling the GTO I brought to the show. In Jan. 2020 I attended Winter NAMM in Anaheim. I didn't have a booth, but I did have one of my Descendant loaded Wrayman guitars and a Biscayne in the Orange booth. I had a great time and was looking forward to the next summer show in Nashville. Rather than build new guitars for trade shows where they might get banged up, I made the decision to buy back a couple of Swope guitars to use as demos. It was a time saver for me so I could focus on the Descendant. That was in February of 2020. The following month was when the pandemic hit. In the 4 summers since, there have been no Summer NAMM shows. While I'd love to keep one of each model, I've got two kids that I'd like to send to college. And the truth about trade shows is that if I ever show at another NAMM, it will be Descendant-centric. This GTO has been only lightly used and not at all since early 2020. It features my "Knock-Around" finish, (some weather-checking and the occasional bump or bruise). Knock-Arounds are essentially mild relics. These guitars are meant to be played. This GTO has one non-original bump on the back of the guitar, (see photos). While I will continue to build guitars as I have time, my plan is to build what I want, with what I have, when I have time and only when I'm finished will I post them for sale. And as for what I have on the shelf, there are no raw GTO bodies so there will be no new GTOs for the foreseeable future.
Alder body
Maple neck with Indian Rosewood fingerboard
Vintage style one-way truss rod with spoke wheel adjustment at heel
Pearl dots
Swope GTO pickups
3-way switch plus p/p tone to bypass switch and put pickups in series (humbucking)
Nitro-cellulose lacquer in "knock-around" finish
ABM-Mueller hardtail bridge
Vintage style Kluson staggered tuners
Gloss acrylic pickguard
G&G Black Tolex Hardshell case