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❌SOLD❌ Harrison GB Custom Sapele Pomelle, 2013

On February 24, 2023 /

Here we have a very nice Harrison GB Custom with Sapele Pomelle top, built at Douglas Harrison’s shop in Toronto Canada during 2013. Originally the outgrowth of a guitar custom built for the late Gary Benson, a well known Toronto jazz guitarist and educator, the Harrison GB has proven itself popular with an increasing number of players – including Harrison himself at his own gigs!

Used

Price: $4,250.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌Harrison GB Blister Maple Sunburst, 2021

On February 25, 2021 /

Here we have a brand new Harrison GB Blister Maple with its spectacular figuring emphasised by a hand-rubbed sunburst lacquer finish! The Harrison GB design originated as a custom order from the late Gary Benson, a prominent Toronto jazz guitarist and educator. The concept is a thin chambered Tropical Mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) body with a hand-carved Maple top with F-holes, a Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard, usually an Ebony bridge and a single humbucking pickup in the neck position.

New

Price: $7,550.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

Harrison GB Custom Honeyburst, 2015 – (No Longer Available)

On October 3, 2020 /

The Harrison GB Custom has become a very successful instrument for jazz guitarists, and was developed with the late Gary Benson, a prominent Toronto player and teacher. This Harrison GB Custom features a Quilted Maple cap on a chambered Mahogany body and a Mahogany neck with a Maple-bound Ebony fingerboard fitted with Stainless Steel frets. The custom built tailpiece is also Ebony.

Used

Price: $5,250.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Harrison GB Custom Redwood Burl Top, 2017

On January 18, 2020 /

Here is a lovely Harrison GB Custom Redwood Burl top thinline archtop, built in Toronto during 2017 and based on a design for the late jazz artist Gary Benson. Douglas Harrison has been building arched top guitars for some years now and his GB Custom has been very popular, with most I have seen being true custom models, with varying tops and hardware configurations.

Used

Price: $4,900.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Harrison GB Spruce Top Thinline Archtop Amber Tint, 2007

On January 16, 2020 /

This Harrison GB Spruce top thinline archtop electric in a lovely Amber tint, built during 2008 at Harrison’s shop in Toronto, Canada. The Douglas Harrison GB thinline archtop guitar has proven very popular with jazz guitarists. Designed with – and originally for – the late Gary Benson and built in Toronto, Ontario, the Harrison GB uses a carved solid spruce top on a chambered back. The neck has a compound radius, from 12 to 16 inches.

Used

Price: $4,299.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Douglas Harrison GB Custom Thinline Archtop Sunburst, 2019

On June 26, 2019 /

Here is a brand new Douglas Harrison GB Custom with bookmatched, flame Maple top and sunburst finish! Douglas Harrison builds the GB Custom, named after the initial model built for the late Gary Benson, at his shop in Toronto. The GB Custom is a very popular model and shows off Harrison’s skill.

New

Price: $6,999.99 CAD

This instrument has sold

Gary Benson

❌SOLD❌ Harrison GB Custom Sapele Pomelle, 2013

❌SOLD❌Harrison GB Blister Maple Sunburst, 2021

Harrison GB Custom Honeyburst, 2015 – (No Longer Available)

❌SOLD❌ Harrison GB Custom Redwood Burl Top, 2017

❌SOLD❌ Harrison GB Spruce Top Thinline Archtop Amber Tint, 2007

❌SOLD❌ Douglas Harrison GB Custom Thinline Archtop Sunburst, 2019

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