Steiner Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Looks like burled wood. It has a fascinating grain pattern. Nice piece - there are none more blue...
NoNameBand Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 MG, I think you wanted Brent's Blue H-150 and got jealous when I got to it first and now you have to One-up me. Cause everyone knows you have more beautiful guitars than anyone else. I'm sure it's all a conspiracy, not that I'm paranoid or anything. I just think it's an amazing coincidence that now you love and have to have a Blue H-150, just like me. I'm sure when you grow up, you want to be just like me and be the President of the "More Guitars than Brains Club". I'm kidding, I just couldn't think of anything intelligent to say, was in a playful mood and so I had a vowel movement at your expense.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 MG, I think you wanted Brent's Blue H-150 and got jealous when I got to it first and now you have to One-up me. Cause everyone knows you have more beautiful guitars than anyone else. I'm sure it's all a conspiracy, not that I'm paranoid or anything. I just think it's an amazing coincidence that now you love and have to have a Blue H-150, just like me. I'm sure when you grow up, you want to be just like me and be the President of the "More Guitars than Brains Club". I'm kidding, I just couldn't think of anything intelligent to say, was in a playful mood and so I had a vowel movement at your expense. To make things worse, I bought your guitar last December then sold it to a HOC member in January. He later sold it to Brent. Now you have it. Just like beer, no one owns guitars. We just rent. Your blue guitar was my wife's favorite. That made me grin back then. I saw the guitar as a H150 highly flamed guitar with a great neck and an unusual but workable pair of pickups. She saw pretty blue. Maybe her approach is rubbing off on me. When I saw my new blue guitar I thought, "What a fantastic top!"
NoNameBand Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 To make things worse, I bought your guitar last December then sold it to a HOC member in January. He later sold it to Brent. Now you have it. Just like beer, no one owns guitars. We just rent. Your blue guitar was my wife's favorite. That made me grin back then. I saw the guitar as a H150 highly flamed guitar with a great neck and an unusual but workable pair of pickups. She saw pretty blue. Maybe her approach is rubbing off on me. When I saw my new blue guitar I thought, "What a fantastic top!" After PSP this year, I will change out the electronics to ShepTone pups, RS Guitarworks vintage wiring kit and TonePro Bridge and Tailpiece, cream poker chip and cream speed knobs. I already have the parts and are just waiting for the guitar. I agree with your wife, right now, it's pretty blue guitar. Once complete, it will be a pretty blue Kick-Ass guitar with all the best guts money can buy. One thing I am curious about and maybe you can fill in the blank is the input jack? It appears to be different from the norm form the pictures I have seen.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 After PSP this year, I will change out the electronics to ShepTone pups, RS Guitarworks vintage wiring kit and TonePro Bridge and Tailpiece, cream poker chip and cream speed knobs. I already have the parts and are just waiting for the guitar. I agree with your wife, right now, it's pretty blue guitar. Once complete, it will be a pretty blue Kick-Ass guitar with all the best guts money can buy. One thing I am curious about and maybe you can fill in the blank is the input jack? It appears to be different from the norm form the pictures I have seen. Yeah. The jack is weird. If I remember, it is recessed. Personally, I'd have RS put a plate and standard jack on it. It's a small job. On the other hand, if it ain't broke... I'm curious about choosing the vintage wiring kit versus the modern. I'm getting the modern in my Super Eagle, but that's a very different guitar and has P90s. I pick up my white H157 today with its new bone nut. I'm thinking of rewiring it and would appreciate your comments, sir.
NoNameBand Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Yeah. The jack is weird. If I remember, it is recessed. Personally, I'd have RS put a plate and standard jack on it. It's a small job. On the other hand, if it ain't broke... I'm curious about choosing the vintage wiring kit versus the modern. I'm getting the modern in my Super Eagle, but that's a very different guitar and has P90s. I pick up my white H157 today with its new bone nut. I'm thinking of rewiring it and would appreciate your comments, sir. Though the word "vintage" is an ambiguous term, the Sheptone "Tribute" pups are modeled after the '57 PAFs. At RS, they have "vintage" wiring kits for '53 through 60'. I am going for the '57 sound as my VSB 150 is more to the '59' sound. I have never been crazy for the modern sound. With all of the intended improvements (transistors, printed circuits, IPods, digital sound, etc), some things related to sound in my opinion, have not improved. I still prefer vinyl records to digital. Sound is analog, and I prefer things that capture the Full essence of the sound. I like tube amps and vintage guitars but can't afford either. I just had the argument with Billy at RS regarding their New and Improved "SuperPots". While they may be better, they were not part of the original sound chain in the '60s. If you want that sound, you must go back to the science of the vintage sound chain. I've actually acquired NOS parts (pots & caps) for the Blue 150 along with the Sheptones. I don't know yet if I will prefer it, but once completed, I will know for certain. I can always change it if it doesn't work out the way I expect. It's like my '56 Les Paul Gold Top reissue, when I asked Seymour Duncan to custom wind a pair of P-90s for it, he asked me if I wanted a new '56 P-90 or one that sound like a 50 year old P-90, one that might have come out of a original '56. I opted for the 50 year old sound and am thankful that I did. Another guitar player in my band has the same guitar and much prefers the sound of mine over his which is stock. I'm not right or wrong though and neither are you. If you prefer the Modern sound, then thats what you should have and that will make you happier in the end (getting what you want). Imagine if we all sounded the same, boring...
H Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 It looks like the vertical characters are mineral streaks with little or no pigment. I don't know another explanation. I'm not sure that this explains those perpendicular lines but, from a post by 111518 in a thread about maple tops, a possible lead: "Bigleaf maple grows faster and shows growth rings --lines perpendicular to the flame lines-- much more distinctly than the flamed eastern maple on older guitars"
koula901 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Love it! That's a really unique top! X2 - yeah, I'd leave the pickguard off, to show that baby
DetroitBlues Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 To make things worse, I bought your guitar last December then sold it to a HOC member in January. He later sold it to Brent. Now you have it. Just like beer, no one owns guitars. We just rent. Your blue guitar was my wife's favorite. That made me grin back then. I saw the guitar as a H150 highly flamed guitar with a great neck and an unusual but workable pair of pickups. She saw pretty blue. Maybe her approach is rubbing off on me. When I saw my new blue guitar I thought, "What a fantastic top!" Not the same guitar, I asked the guy who bought it in January. He said his had a natural neck and back, not blue. Plus the pickup in the bridge was a SD, not HRW or Schaller.
barrymclark Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I'd have a pickguard. That is me though. To me the guard can be just as artistic as the top. Take the gaurd on my 575. I can't imagine my guitar without it.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 Though the word "vintage" is an ambiguous term, the Sheptone "Tribute" pups are modeled after the '57 PAFs. At RS, they have "vintage" wiring kits for '53 through 60'. I am going for the '57 sound as my VSB 150 is more to the '59' sound. I have never been crazy for the modern sound. With all of the intended improvements (transistors, printed circuits, IPods, digital sound, etc), some things related to sound in my opinion, have not improved. I still prefer vinyl records to digital. Sound is analog, and I prefer things that capture the Full essence of the sound. I like tube amps and vintage guitars but can't afford either. I just had the argument with Billy at RS regarding their New and Improved "SuperPots". While they may be better, they were not part of the original sound chain in the '60s. If you want that sound, you must go back to the science of the vintage sound chain. I've actually acquired NOS parts (pots & caps) for the Blue 150 along with the Sheptones. I don't know yet if I will prefer it, but once completed, I will know for certain. I can always change it if it doesn't work out the way I expect. It's like my '56 Les Paul Gold Top reissue, when I asked Seymour Duncan to custom wind a pair of P-90s for it, he asked me if I wanted a new '56 P-90 or one that sound like a 50 year old P-90, one that might have come out of a original '56. I opted for the 50 year old sound and am thankful that I did. Another guitar player in my band has the same guitar and much prefers the sound of mine over his which is stock. I'm not right or wrong though and neither are you. If you prefer the Modern sound, then thats what you should have and that will make you happier in the end (getting what you want). Imagine if we all sounded the same, boring... I opted for the modern harness because it provides less frequency filtering at the guitar level, allowing a fuller spectrum to goof around with using the equalizer on my Henriksen amp. All of this might make little sense when the goal is classic rock, blues, etc. But that's not my goal with the Super Eagle. And if I want to sound like Johnny Smith or Wes Mongomery, I'd best focus on how to cram a hundred years of practice into what ever time I have left. I did have a RS vintage harness in a H157 with Seths (basically 57s) and the tone was to die for. I'd be kiddin On the other hand
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 X2 - yeah, I'd leave the pickguard off, to show that baby I love the Margaret Hamilton avatar. She doesn't look a thing like you though. I never knew that the Wicked Witch is greatly misunderstood and was really a decent human being until I saw Wicked. Now I'm confused on the whole good-bad thing.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 Not the same guitar, I asked the guy who bought it in January. He said his had a natural neck and back, not blue. Plus the pickup in the bridge was a SD, not HRW or Schaller. Brent did buy the same guitar I sold then Mark bought it. It had a SD Custom Custom in the bridge and Schaller in the neck, one being nickel and the other chrome. You are correct that my "new blue" ain't my old one. I liked the natural mahogany finish.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 Take the guard on my 575. Okay, Barry, if you insist. Just drop it in the mail, my friend. I'll do my best to make it fit. But I don't know what you'll do without it!
koula901 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I love the Margaret Hamilton avatar. She doesn't look a thing like you though. I never knew that the Wicked Witch is greatly misunderstood and was really a decent human being until I saw Wicked. Now I'm confused on the whole good-bad thing. Did Wicked Witch have underprivileged beginnings? I once had the book but wasn't in a reading mood, that week. What are the Cliff notes on good ol' WW?
barrymclark Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Okay, Barry, if you insist. Just drop it in the mail, my friend. I'll do my best to make it fit. But I don't know what you'll do without it! Haha. Well I can't play much worse without it.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 Did Wicked Witch have underprivileged beginnings? I once had the book but wasn't in a reading mood, that week. What are the Cliff notes on good ol' WW? She was born green because her biological father was a traveling green salesman who had a fling with her drunk mother. Being a green girl, she was not treated well and had to take care of her crippled sister, who her non-biologic father strongly favored over her after the sexually indiscreet mother died. Things only got worse when her Greenness went to boarding school. Not well accepted at all. So it wasn't so much that she was underprivileged. Rather, being green and a bastard turned out to be a bad combination. Long story short, she really didn't intend to hurt Dorothy and she never melted. That was a scam so she could escape with the love of her life, the Scarecrow. There- I gave it away. The play is worth seeing even knowing the end.
koula901 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 She was born green because her biological father was a traveling green salesman who had a fling with her drunk mother. Being a green girl, she was not treated well and had to take care of her crippled sister, who her non-biologic father strongly favored over her after the sexually indiscreet mother died. Things only got worse when her Greenness went to boarding school. Not well accepted at all. So it wasn't so much that she was underprivileged. Rather, being green and a bastard turned out to be a bad combination. Long story short, she really didn't intend to hurt Dorothy and she never melted. That was a scam so she could escape with the love of her life, the Scarecrow. There- I gave it away. The play is worth seeing even knowing the end. that's freakin' hysterical! Yes, now I must see the play! Thanks for the synopsis.
NoNameBand Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Brent did buy the same guitar I sold then Mark bought it. It had a SD Custom Custom in the bridge and Schaller in the neck, one being nickel and the other chrome. You are correct that my "new blue" ain't my old one. I liked the natural mahogany finish. You are correct as usual. Mine has a natural back & neck with the same pups you mentioned. If you were any smarter, I don't think I could stand it.
MartyGrass Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 Well, my new blue is going to another HOC member. That was fast!
NoNameBand Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Well, my new blue is going to another HOC member. That was fast! Maybe you're allergic to blue guitars.
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