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You might find this interesting. I change the strings on the Heritage Johnny Smith I got been almost a month. This was Jay Wolfe's person Heritage. It had flatwounds but they actually sounded good I just decided to give it a set of Daddario 1/2 rounds. I like the lower finger noise and they get close to a roundwound. This guitar really sounds nice and warm has a wonderful depth of sound. So, I then got out the Gibson Legrand ( 2001 )and the Gibson L5 ( 2003 carved to be totally acoustic by custom shop) to have on the carpet to look at and then make some sound comparisons. In addition to sound comparisons, I want to just get a feel and look at the aesthetics. Frankly it is a tossup I will give the L5 a bit of a winner here for output sound and I think some of it has to do with the bigger body. Between the Legrand and the HJS I think they both sound great in a blindfold test I bet it would be spread all over which one sounder better. Here is the real way I look at this. The Legrand is worth I suppose twice as much as the HJS but purely from the looks of each I cannot say which one stands above the other. They both look great, and sound wise I say it is a tossup. What this tells me is that a good Heritage Guitar is right now a sleeper in terms of value. Probably won't make that much difference in our lifetime but 30 years from today I think they will stand out quite nicely. I remember when you could not give away a D'angelico non-cut guitar back in the 1980's and even into 90's. Now they are basically seen as getting out of reach for a nice one and no one is worried that it is a non cut only that it is a D'angelico. That is Heritage stuff today. I hope Heritage realizes this in the company and keeps at it. I have other guitars to compare to also but right now I will take these Heritage Johnny Smiths are the cream of the crop with anything. Way better than the 2 previous Gibson Johnny Smiths I had years ago.

Nice. The Gotoh SG301 are available with those knobs as well, and really, all kinds of options to figure out, locking, locking with a knob, height adjustable posts, adjustable posts with string lock. Here's the Gotoh product page. https://g-gotoh.com/product/sg301/?lang=en The Gotoh locking tuners are pretty much the same weight as the regular Gotoh tuners, but a good bit lighter than the Rotomatics.

Thanjs for the video. In watching it it turns they are pretty rare in the west. The guy I am getting it from is from the east coast. I think I will go ahead and get it. The guy who is selling it is a harp layer and it was a little much for him. It is pretty spotless and a third of what they seem to be going for. It has that thing where you pull the reverb out of the back and the speaker will not rattle it. Well thought out for sure. I have a spare Weber 12 or two so I will try some experimentation on that. Again, the video was great and articles are cool but it would be nice to hear from someone who has actually played one.