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Liked it straight away, super playable/comfortable, neck profile suits me, very aesthetic without being flashy, love the neck pickup only vibe/look, but something was not quite right to my ear. Tried it with multiple amps, but couldn’t get what i was seeking. Decided to swap the Schaller Golden 50’s for a Benedetto B-6 (one of my all time favorite pickups)….still not feeling the love after much amp switching, new strings, etc. Then i started fiddling with my amp settings and BINGO!!!! On all my other guitars I have always used fairly scooped EQ. With this one, boosting the mids to about 2:00-3:00 was magic. That plus a little delay effect and: Eureka, i found it! Tight while still organic. A little more acoustic sounding than my two pickup archtops, which is part of what i was after. Volume control bump gives it a little more electric sound. Very versatile for what my band does. Real Book ballads to boss nova to full electric modal jazz jam tunes. It came with some Doug’s plugs so feedback should not be an issue. The plugs alter the sound a little, but not dramatically. Still sound like the same guitar. A little less acoustic sound. Getting closer to roughly the late 60’s/early 70’s (pre-pop era) Benson tone that i am looking for. Check it out. Links: George Benson Thunder Walk on Giblets and Gravy Billie’s Bounce Body Talk . I just ordered an open box ($200 discount) Henriksen Bud 10 (solid state, 20 lbs - good for the portability and the 65 year old back, two independent channels, super clean) that is voiced a little between a fender sound and a polytone sound. Cabinet built for feedback resistance. We’ll see how that goes. I’ll probably use it on the gig Friday 2/13. Will report back. Overall - after a couple of weeks thinking i might have made a purchase mistake and would have to sell it, I’ve found a great vibe with this guitar. Will update this thread after gig on Friday, or perhaps sooner after the Bud 10 delivery scheduled for today. Should be a fun pre-super bowl day exploring what the combination of Eagle Classic-Henriksen Bud 10 can do.

Henriksen amp arrived this afternoon. Super easy to dial in with this Eagle Classic. Amp sounds great right out of the box with all the dials at 12:00. Looking forward to a little more tone tweaking tomorrow. It will go to the gig Friday. I was a little concerned that it wouldn’t be loud enough to keep up with our drummer, but with the volume only at 10:00 my wife shared: “Honey, that’s really loud!” Another good feature is the headphone out that defeats the speaker. Wife and family will appreciate that. Super easy to tote at 20lbs. Comes with a nice gig bag with a big front pocket for cables and other accessories. Two separate eq’d channels so i can put a mic or another instrument in for solo gigs or to accompany a singer or whatever. I ended up being the front man at gigs by default (someone had to do it), so being able to put a mic into this amp simplifies things and opens another input on the PA. Love the Benedetto B-6 pickup with this guitar. Really a perfect match. Really good with this specific amp. Always a little nervous buying things without ever playing them, but this combination really works well. The Eagle Classic was a good call in the end; so was the pickup switch and amp purchase. I have a feeling this amp may become the go to for gigs since it is so light and compact. Maybe that will be the end of my new gear craving (for a while at least). More to come….

Have you looked at the Lightning stoptail? It slopes upwards so that the strings exit the tailpiece higher up. No need to top wrap for clearance, so you don't trash your stoptail finish. I thought about this one time, but these guys already did it. https://lightningguitars.com/ They're located in Hampshire UK.

The Grammy's. Haven't watched intentionally ever. Caught a few minutes back in the day when my kids were teens. Since getting re-married, I share my home with a 17 yr old HS senior, so it was on. I stayed in another part of the house, came into the kitchen, noticed Noah Kahan was playing, who I know and appreciate, and wouldn't you know, it's a music video prominently featuring a SB triple nickel with the pickguard in black. A rare guitar even amongst us fanboys. You figure there were 15 - 20 million viewers and Kahan is selling out stadiums these days. He's known for his semi fetish, but his go to is typically a Guild Starfire of Fender Coronado, with the occasional Fender Starcaster, or 335 thrown in, this is when he's not playing high end acoutstics. edit to add: looking at this I'm thinking it's an older custom? has block inlays and a headstock inlay but neither the headstock or neck are bound and the hardware is silver. Pawn shop find? It was a music video, not a live performance. He's lounging in the back of a Volvo stationwagon as it makes its way.

Bridge Type Approx. Length ABR‑1 (ABR) Shorter, narrower footprint Vintage design; limited saddle travel; lighter. Nashville Longer, wider footprint Modern design; more intonation range; larger body and saddle slots. Farber is ABR-1 sized. You can also top wrap the stop tail for better clearance, but the disadvantages are scaring the surface and if your style has your palm scraping over the strings, not too comfortable. Nashville bridges are physically longer because the housing is wider and the saddles have more room to move. ABR‑1 bridges are more compact, which is why vintage Gibson spacing and post locations differ from Nashville-equipped guitars.

@tsp17...Looks like you've found the pickup-amplifier 'sweet spot' for your new Eagle. Awesome! It's interesting that your increasing the midrange on the amp helped bring out the tone you were chasing. Your jazz heroes of the 50's and early 60's mostly played through amps with a mid-hump (i.e. Fender 5e3, Gibson GA models in particular). Then in the mid 60's Fender introduced its blackface, mid-scooped blckface rigs. That sonic change was evident in Kenny Burrell, George Benson and many other jazz guitarist albums of that era. I find myself boosting the mids a bit when playing archtops vs. semi or solid body guitars. Have fun!

Dialing in that tone is such a great thing when you hit it. Eagles are great platforms and I'm glad you made it work for You!

On the subject of Wolfetones, I have a brand new set of Wolfetone Dr. Vintage, box never opened, that I'll sell for $190, shipped, lower 48. Dr. Vintage are similar to Legends.

That's one of the reasons that I don't tend to go down the swap pickup route. I can turn those tone controls and make 50 times more change than swapping pickups do, as long as you stay in the neighborhood. You won't make a 150 with Seths sound like a Ric 360 or Tele, but to me, a 150 with Seths vs 59s is like two houses on the same block with different front porches. Plus, I never really try to mimic someone else's tone, especially off a record. Even if it's a '59 LP and a Marshall BB, you don't know how their amp was set, what was done on the mixing board and in the mastering process.

Rare sighting.

Sweet! I have one of those. The light on the music stand, I mean. That is the first cowpoke I ever came across with a Sweet 16.

He needs a Millennium!

It sounds like he's a convert! He walks in to a store, plays a 530, and buys it on the spot and then adds a CC 535 later. Way cool!

On that note: I don't understand the primes of the posters question. I have a natural fret of being tackled, but can't quite wrap my mind around tackling a threat. Superbowl predictions?

Here’s your fret tapping tool!