Leaderboard

You mean gorgeous wood like this? I specified no pickguard on this build, but every time I put my right ring finger on that lovely top to anchor my hand, I feel guilty. That's a habit I need to break. (The finger placement, not the guilt.)

here is the headstock

Rich Severson with Pete Farmer. Interview starts around 1:53. It's a good one.

Pickguard ON! Always! It protects the wood from crazy picking, and helps me anchor my hand for fingerpicking!

Then there are some guys like Tower Of Power guitarist Bruce Conte, who are SO badass, that they even wear out the pickguard! 🙂

After playing our first few gigs with 50 watters (Marshall Plexi and Mesa Fillmore 50) Ryan, the other guitarist, and I went down to 22 watters (Deluxe Reverb and TopHat Club Deluxe). Our stage sound is much better. It feels like it does in our rehersal room. It also made it easier for me to get a good acoustic sound on the few songs I'm playing acoustic or resonator. And people in the audience LOVED the sound. And bonus, the vocals came through even louder with less work for the soundman. Tube amps forever, screw modelers!

If it has a belly cut it is probably a H-150 Deluxe. They were numbered.

I complained about his tone. It made me look like a beginner.

Weight is not an issue for me. All my tube combo amps are around 35lbs (the all tube Headstrong 'Lil King is even much lighter than that). My pedalboard weighs about the same. I am 58 years old and the day I can't haul 35lbs in and out of the car is the day I will stop playing. I don't need 100 watts or a 4x12 cab, they are super cool but unpractical anymore. Mic the cab and use some monitors. If you do this you can lower the stage volume (use the above mentioned attenuate to lower the stage & overall volume even more). So get in shape, butter cup, LOL 😛 and haul a medium size combo amp, a pedalboard, and one the great new attenuators..... no need to sacrifice tube tone for volume or weight issues. Just my opinion, others may vary.