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Cold pizza has got me on the run

Yes....

Those are both very nice guitars!

There are reasons why Lester William Polsfuss got into building a solid body guitar, instead of just playing the existing hollowbodies of the time.

This times infinity

This.... Tone King Ironman II 100-watt Reactive Power Attenuator .... and your volume/tone problems are solved. PERIOD

I was told that when Heritage used to make Archtops, they only tap-tuned the one with floating pickups.... so maybe these are tap-tuned. Personally, I prefer the tone of humbucker archtops. Vince Lewis told me to my face that floating pickup archtops are fine for "solo jazz", but he said if you are going to be playing with other instruments/musicians then floater archtops are near impossible to use. He said the feedback is awful on floater archtops when you play with a band, their volume is too low, and they won't cut through a mix for solos. I respect Vince's opinions.

Every Heritage that I have owned (over 12 of them) I replaced with Faber locking ABR1 bridge and locking stoptail. On Faber's website, it says, "Bridges for Heritage guitars".

I did both my H150 and H535 with Faber and completely happy with how it turned out on both. Especially the 535, the Faber bushing inserts really got some deep contact with the wood in the center block. I wouldn’t have expected such a positive improvement from an already good guitar. My 01 535 was like yours with the Schaller hardware. My 98 H150 came with Gibson style stop tail and Nashville bridge from the factory. Traveling at the moment, I’ll look up part numbers when I get back. I did have to get a special drill bit for the 535. The factory holes were just a smidge shallow for the new tail bushings. It was to make a flat bottom hole just about 3/32 deeper. But it was well worth it. The factory tail bushings in the 535 were really short and light. The Faber bushings are normal size and fit much tighter. Search on my user name to find some comments about what I did. I would 100% do exactly the same upgrade with Faber.

If I had a dollar for every time I saw a tube amp description that said "you can dial in the sound of a Line 6 with this amp"...

I'd wave the banner, but the band asked me to stop. People thought it was the name of the band...

Heya all. so after a lot of faithful service, I am in need of replacing the old Schaller tail and bridge pieces on my late 80s 535 and my 98 H150. The roller bridge on the H150 is subsiding back and this is the perfect excuse to finally get it removed and replaced with a proper ABR1. Has anyone done this and know what parts fit with out having to get holes re drilled?

Oh yeah, the catering gigs just come pouring in after that!

I have it on good authority that the caterers provide those free dinners for the exposure....

Mark, just noticed in the comments section (last one), a response, apparently from the artist. He's identified as Dave Zula.

I actually went to high school with a kid named Gene Poole....

I originally thought this thread was going to be about earplugs

My DR tone master has a built in attenuator goes from 1 watt to full power. Works great and no need for an outboard unit.

I strongly agree with your friend. The Throbak '52/'54 set are nearly as loud as Lollars, but have more character, gritty & grind, while still sounding like that single coil P90 tone.

He's a gene pool boy, for sure

Whatever the gene pool, that kid can sing!

I don't know that they are related, although there appears to be some resemblance. The person in the David Paul Band appears to be about 25 or 30. I found an article some time back that said his pregnant wife was killed in an accident in 2014. He moved to West Virginia a few years later. https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/lifestyle/2017/01/22/guitarists-fingers-singing-agai/44616269/ The "Heritage" David Paul has a Linked In Page that says he attended Rutgers from 1978 to 1982. Another site says he was born in 1956, so he would be almost 70. He could easily have a son in his 30s. Of course, you could always contact the David Paul Band fellow and ask him if they are related.

Third party validation is good. Last night at the gig, someone who had seen us play before asked me if the guitar was new. She said it sounded different and really good. Nice to hear that the improvement wasn't just in my head. It feels like a fuller tone with more gravity, if that makes sense. Definitely no bends though. It is limiting in that way. Slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs only.

Here's David and his guitar many years ago. He's disappered as best I can tell. I've Googled him for years. Here he is. Study his face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAwGG2MY-kg This has to be his son or he has a time machine. This is from less than a year ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrrZ8tGvWXE

wild! 1. the car looks too small in scale compared to the road 2. who the hell would park a car on the left side of a highway like that 3. and the shadow under the car looks fake!! maybe there's some photoshop wizardry going on. PS was around back then thanks for digging up the source though! nice detective work