MartyGrass Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I pick it up tomorrow and am buying it from a friend. If I knew how to upload sound files I'd post what it sounds like. I haven't seen a top quite like this. I suppose the phrase "highly figured" covers it, but what are those vertical markings? I will be needing a PG if someone has one for sale.
Guest HRB853370 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Thats pretty. But why a pickguard? I would want to show off that whole top (unless you are prone to scratching with your pick)
MartyGrass Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 I use it more as a finger rest. I'm less dependent on PGs more recently so I guess I could skip it.
jjkrause84 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I have such a horrible soft-spot for blue 150s...and green....EMERALD green. Killer score, man!
barrymclark Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Funny enough, even though I don't use it as a rest all of the time, I have found, these days, that when I play a guitar without a pickguard, it feels like there is an abyss below my picking hand. Just unnerving. Very interesting top by the way. Good snag!
DetroitBlues Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Is that the one Brent just sold? There seems to be a H-150 in Blue going around like the town bicyle lately.
schundog Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I'm glad Chuck found a home for that one! Nice going, Mark. Enjoy it.
tbonesullivan Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 usually i hear those called 'mineral streaks'. looks awesome. i'm lusting after it. but, my barn is full. oh well.
212Mavguy Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 That is one of the most amazing tops I have seen on any guitar. WOW!
dbetts41 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 those are mineral streaks... must say I have never seen a top with that extensive a level of streaking... nice score!
Millennium Maestro Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Money in the bank!! Very nice top! Mmmmmmm
MartyGrass Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 I won't have it in my hands for another three hours. I'll let you know about the mineral streaks theory. I am familiar with mineral streaks but nothing like this. These streaks are very long and wide and are almost evenly distributed across the top. Mineral streaks have a dark pigment to them. That would be the telltale sign.
FredZepp Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Nice one ... and with HRW's ! And that top. That is a unique figured top... with really, really unusual grain. I've not seen anything quite like that. Wow. It makes me think of minnows swimming upstream... with the blue and all. I wonder what the story on that top is..?
MartyGrass Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Here are mineral streaks. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/historics-reissues/27399-show-your-mineral-streaks.html
pegleg32 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Here are mineral streaks. Yes, it is hard to imagine that those distinctive markiings are mineral streaks, but I can't imagine what else it could be either - very unusual. Maybe it is a function of the direction the wood was cut? I'm not a fan of blue guitars, but I could fall in love with a blue guitar that looks like that.
tbonesullivan Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 well flame is caused by compression of the grain in one directly. maybe after it got flamed, it started getting compressed from another direction?
MartyGrass Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 well flame is caused by compression of the grain in one directly. maybe after it got flamed, it started getting compressed from another direction? You must be a rationalist. I say it's magic. How else can you explain the mouse in this maple?!
MartyGrass Posted July 20, 2011 Author Posted July 20, 2011 Here are some sunlight pics. It looks like the vertical characters are mineral streaks with little or no pigment. I don't know another explanation. There are a lot of pics here.
FredZepp Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 The combination of the figuring in the top and the blue finish is awesome. I have to wonder if they just happened upon that piece of wood or did they select it as something unique.
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