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Blues, You made it! I love that place. I’ve been there a few times. I agree with your analogy of the OG Heritage. They are dedicated to delivering the vintage sound and feel akin to the old guard in Kalamazoo. A small shop with some 8 people cranking out their designs. I think they just got to 4 or 5 amps per week. Everybody comes across as happy at their tasks and very proud of their accomplishments-they should be. Soldano sold to BAD. I used to visit them every so often in Ballard, WA. On my last trip Mike talked about selling the brand and retiring. The end of DeYoung transformers was the last straw. IIRC, there were 5 or 6 employees. They purchased their bare cabs and wrapped them in-house. It always amazed me that so few people could make such a big wave in music. BAD now owns Soldano, Friedman, Egnater and Bogner pedals; probably a few others too. They redesigned the Soldano SLO and GTO pedal but haven’t released any earth shattering devices. For the time, I’m sticking with Metropoulos. With only 4 models released since Covid, he’s captured the sound of the JTM 45, JTM 45-100, 1959 SuperPlex and a now extinct ditty George created with Alice in Chains’ guitarist+vocalist William DuVall that wraps the 45/45-100/SuperPlex into 1 head called the DVL-1. Each model captures the sound in my head and constitutes 95% of play time since we were all ordered to stay home; no problem 😊 We’re lucky to have awesome amps and guitars being produced so close to home!

Yeah thanks for taking the time to do that. Great read. Great look. Great googlymoogly!

Ohh....you have impeccable taste, my friend!

It's bling Josh! Reminds me of what dads told us in the 60's and 70's about choosing a muscle car. If you want the big horses, you got to feed them.

Agreed.

At $4800, I don't think there needs to be a lot of cost saving. Certainly not the lack of bound f-holes. They could have done a single binding there. That said, I wouldn't leave it sitting in the case just for having them unbound. Something that I've always wondered is if a 3 or 5 piece neck is more stable than one piece mahogany, in terms of twisting or even needing less adjustment.

I really like the OG inlays and F hole binding. I think they were beautiful looking guitars. Im sure the new ones will be great guitars, I just like the original aesthetics more.

Your builds were stellar, so well thought out and tasty

You mean like this Millie. My first Heritage Custom Shop build from 2011.

I was a little disappointed. I always loved the inlays and binding everywhere. This is a H-555

I'll pay a Million extra if you duct tape a banana to that canvas!

"And then you get an artist Says he doesn't want to paint at all Takes an empty canvas, hangs it on the wall"

I like playing my tube amps. I like the sound, I like the smell, and I enjoy interacting with them. They're fun to use. They inspire me. That said, if I were on tour and didn't have the funds to haul & maintain them, a modeller would be a good option. Otherwise why waste my time trying to replicate something I already have? I have better things to do.

Wow. Super cool amp. Alas, it would spotlight my inadequacies.

Probably the dumbass cabinet builder

Well, as I understand it, they are woven from old growth Egyptian cotton, with vintage NOS thread and sewed on manual sewing machines with foot treadles. If you wait, I understand that they are going to launch an artisan aged version for $120. The logo is meticulously scratched off and the cloth is hand ripped for that truly worn out look. A better deal is to attend a PSP and you get a nice limited edition shirt for about $20 with a nicely designed logo. I've got a dozen or so. Honestly, I don't know why the are asking $40. Seems high, but an Adidas or Hilfiger shirt runs about $35. Sports team logo T-shirts tend to run $35 to $40. The days of $10 shirts seem to be long gone.

I also approve because there's so many out there, people who have real '59 Les Pauls can gig them & tell everyone it's an aged replica Honestly I don't care if other people buy relic'd guitars