When I was a teenager my dream guitar was a 335, mainly because I loved the guitar sound from tracks like 'white room' and 'politician!'

Then recently I had the idea of designing a double cutaway semi hollow electric but not too big and, most importantly, made with a solid wood carved top plate rather than the more standard laminated designs found on other guitars.

And so after a trip away to do some design work the GL-J was born. Lighter in weight than the GL-10 due to the semi-hollow design, it is more comfortable during long gigs. The neck contour and frets are like the GL-10 and therefore has the same fast and smooth feel.

Then of course there's "that sound" - difficult to define in words but for sure it can only be the result of the semi hollow design using a solid carved wood top plate!

• Mahogany back

• Double cutaway semi hollow model

• Top wood options figured or stained maple, Tasmanian Blackwood, koa, walnut

• All specifications and options as for GL-10, GL-10c

• 3 piece mahogany with 2 piece rosewood

• Ebony fingerboard with maple or mahogany purfling

• Fingerboard markers (side) Mother of pearl

• 630 mm scale length(24.8”)

• 305 mm (12”) fingerboard radius

• Width at nut - 43.5mm (1.71”)

• Width at 16th fret - 54.5mm (2.14”)

• Neck depth at 1st fret - 22.4 (0.88”)

• Neck carve - standard GL ‘C’ profile