Bill Comins, famed Archtop guitar luthier, wanted to make a series of affordable instruments that would compete with some of the highest end jazz guitars out there. So he found a reputable factory in Korea, set up a station in his PA shop to do final work (Set up, frets, etc) and started making his own design of maybe the best overseas made guitars to date, the Comins GCS. This thinine model features a nice flat radius on a slim-but-not-small neck profile, Kent Armstrong humbuckers with coil splitting for any sonic occasion, high quality hardware, and a gorgeous burst finish on the maple laminate top.

Seriously, if you’ve never played them, they’re some of the best guitars in the price range.