As you know, I’ve had a guitar custom built for me by Saint Guitars. It’s a thing of beauty. Well, another custom guitar builder contacted me about doing a review on one of his guitars, and I have to say that that is an absolute thing of beauty! Made by “part time” luthier Perry Riggs out of Houston, TX, I have to say that just based upon the looks of the guitar in the pictures below, that if that’s the result of a part time gig, then this dude is onto something!
I’ll provide more details once I have the guitar in hand, but here are specs on the guitar above:
- Through neck – flamed hard maple with mahogany center
- Pau Ferro fretboard – 24 frets, Gotoh mini tuners
- 25.5 string length, bone nut
- Gold tint jumbo frets
- 1 ¾ neck width
- .88 at nut
- .94 at 12th fret
- Abalone dots, both side and position
- Mahogany body with a ½ inch quilted maple top, tinted cobalt blue
- PRS style “binding no binding”
- Fralin unbuckers – Coil splitting available via the tone cntrl
- Gotoh wraparound bridge
- Approx. weight: 6.5 lbs
I absolutely DIG that Gotoh wraparound bridge! It makes setting action and intonation so easy, plus string vibrations seem to transfer so much more efficiently to the body with just a single point of contact.
Stay tuned for a review!
Guitar Gear 
That is very nice looking..
that appears to be a very wide very thin neck.. a feature I especially like..
Radius?
Thanks, the fretboard radius is 12″
Perry
wow.. that looks really nice !!
hope I can hear some clips from this guitar 🙂
can anyone care to explain wish can produce more sustained note, neck joint or through neck ? sorry for this question, I’m really new to this.
I feel a through neck will generally sustain better. But there are many other things that also affect sustain, attack and overall sound. I’m the luthier of this guitar and the through neck combined with the bridge make this guitar feel alive.
I’ll be shipping it tomorrow so you can get an independent opinion.
Perry Riggs
Slash L Guitars
Once I get the guitar then I’ll do clips as well…
Does Perry have a website? I like lightweight guitars and would like to see what else he’s got.
No I don’t have a site yet. I don’t have any other instruments available right now tho. I prefer to make guitars on commision, the last one I built had a thick neck and is about 2 lbs heavier than this one, the owner wanted some heft and weight on it. Point is I make them to order. I like them light also and while some say they need to be heavy to have that thick gutsy sound, I’m not seeing that.
So what would you charge to build a Les Paul clone in the 7-pound range?
Price varies a lot depending on the details of the build. I don’t want to post a price in public until we see how this review goes. I’ll say that right now, most people consider my prices to be a bargain.
However, If you would like to email me we’ll discuss the details and I’ll put a quote together. My email address is
PerryRiggs1@gmail.com
Thanks,
Perry
I play a Slash L that Perry made a few months back.
Simply Awesome. In fact, I sent another guitar of mine to him to rework. The tone this guitar is able to produce is a sound I have searched for, for many years. The guitar, while perfectly crafted to the sound I want, is also versatile enough to do anything I could attempt. Even better, Perry was able to make a guitar that was specifically crafted for my style and nailed it better than what I could describe. Basically, he knew what I wanted, when I wasn’t able to explain it.
5 stars. Try one for yourself.
That’s a great endorsement, David! Can’t wait to give the guitar a thorough testing!
thanks perry.. seems like I still need to do research on guitar more,
GoofyDawg : do let us know when you’ve done the demo with this guitar 🙂
Sweet looking guitar… nice work Perry and Brendan! Can’t wait to hear it.