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You know how it is. You're wasting time on the internet and you come across a very nice guitar at a very nice price and not too far away... Big birthday coming up (exactly 10 years younger than Eric Clapton), contacted Rolly's Guitars and Rolly put the Heritage on hold for a few days until I could call in, which I did yesterday. I spent a pleasant hour playing the Heritage and talking guitars, bands and assorted nonsense, then made my way home as new member of the Custom Core Club. It's a 2023 model, well set up, in almost pristine condition and sounds glorious through the Drive King. I made a slight adjustment to the bridge pickup height, but that was it. Pics, I hear you say?

Congrats on the new CC H-535. I too am a recent purchaser of a Heritage custom core. I bought my CC H-530 from Sweetwater just a month after it left the factory in Kalamazoo. I owned two H-535's back in the mid 90's and they were great guitars. However, this 530 hits me in all the right places. A fully hollow thin line with great P90's is just what I want today as an old man who doesn't turn his amps up too loud anymore. Enjoy your Heritage. I've included a pic of my 530 from the Sweetwater collection of my guitar. I can't take better pics myself so why try?

I am both an ES125 fan (I've had 4 of them, but only kept one single pickup version, because it's a beast, it's nicknamed the '69 Chevelle because of the rumble it makes) and a P90 fan in general. I think P90s are the sound of rock and roll! Here are all of my P90 guitars. The Heritage H525 P90 (Lollar P90s) 1965 Gibson ES125T (vintage original Gibson P90) 2024 USA Les Paul Special (Gibson P90s), 2010 Gibson Historic SG Special (Wolfetone Mean And Meaner P90s) 2024 Gibson Historic 1954 Les Paul Reissue (Gibson P90s) As for tubes, that is what the good lord intended for all electric guitars to be plugged into

My favorite speaker is the Weber 12A125A. It's a low wattage speaker that I use in three amps currently Mesa DC-2 (25 watts) Clark Beaufort Supreme (20 watts) TopHat Club Deluxe (20 watts) The speaker is rated at 30 watts, but sometimes I throw a lot of outboard gain pedals into these amps (Origin Effects Revival Drive and M/EQ driver, Analogman Sunface BC108 fuzz, Durham Sex Drive) so I try to listen carefully to see if I'm at that edge. Because as Rich says above, square waves (particularly fuzzes), can destroy speakers if pushed close to their ratings! That said, I WANT the speaker to distort as I think that is part of the rock and roll sound.

I seem to recall the old Blog blog. Riveting!

Although not in the pic, the bassist does own an HB-2 also. That's a Danelectro Bass.

This is the third topic I just checked in, to see what condition my condition was in

too late....

Absolutely beautiful guitars! We have the ‘66 ES 125. It really packs a punch! Great little guitar for Blues. I bought husband one. We both have one! Ha! I also love my ‘67 Gibson 330, cherry, with the chrome covered P90’s. That 1st photo is a beautiful burst! Classy! What a nice collection of amps! Wow! The gold re-issue is amazing! It’s so interesting how different guitars sound and feel-like unique personalities. I just bought husband a vintage Epiphone Casino, cherry. He loves it, but it needs a pro setup. Thank you so much for the photos! I bet they all sound great!

Guitar speakers are definitely designed to have a "non-linear" response zone, and they do break up when pushed. How much they do has to do with the design, and also how much "dope" has been put on the cone.

these guys are unimpressed

hey, I found it! whew. It's still here. I guess it was posted in the other big generic pond of blogs like a box of frogs All those moments in time could have been lost, like tears in the rain

I see. Don’t break your mind.

man, I was just thinking about this thread again. I wish I still had my celestion alnico blues & alnico gold 12" speakers. They were really good. I sold them when I unloaded my Vox & Matchless amps

Nice blog Pete, good to read about stuff I can relate to here in England. As you know, Maggie Ronson, Mick's sister was a friend of mine, I also knew Mick's brother and their mum, Minnie Ronson. When I was at the Ronson's house in East Hull, I saw a framed picture of Mick his mum had on the sideboard of him playing the telecaster.